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02-25-2011, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Zachary,
LA
Cobra Make, Engine: Hunter - 427
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New Hood Support
Installed a couple gas charged hood supports. Just got tired of that prop rod. Now for the trunk. If anyone is interested, I made the brackets myself with help from pics on another forum. The shocks are from McMaster Car, about $15 each. Part #4138T58, I used the 15# of force.
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05-01-2011, 01:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Golden Isles,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Cobra. 350 Chevy Engine, blueprinted, heads cc'd, ported, polished, manifolds matched, big valves, 1.6 roller rockers, TB Injected, mild cam, MSD crank trigger electronic ignition. TKO-600 transmission. XKE Jaguar rear. IFS by Fast Cars
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Your installation looks great. Thanks for posting it.
I tried doing this on mine. Got them from McMaster Carr too, my favorite Cobra parts supplier. I don't remember what part number I got, but I had the following issue:
When the gas spring is fully compressed it still exerts force. Have you found the the model you purchased exert '0' force when fully compressed?
I felt that continuous force exerted to the brackets and fiberglass could be a problem.
Thanks,
Arthur
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05-01-2011, 06:31 AM
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Location: Virginia Beach, Va & Port Charlotte, Fl.,
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I got fed up with the prop rod too and with the gas charged cylinders about a year ago. One of the best mods I've done...
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05-15-2011, 12:48 PM
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Hood support
Sorry for the delay. When fully compressed it does still have a little force but I don't think its enough to cause a problem. The brackets I made are long and have 4 screws each on the hood, I thought this should spread the force out and prevent cracking, so far so good.
Thanks
Joey
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05-15-2011, 03:51 PM
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Do you have the web site address for McMaster? thanks
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05-15-2011, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Marlboro,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Cobra
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05-15-2011, 10:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Golden Isles,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Cobra. 350 Chevy Engine, blueprinted, heads cc'd, ported, polished, manifolds matched, big valves, 1.6 roller rockers, TB Injected, mild cam, MSD crank trigger electronic ignition. TKO-600 transmission. XKE Jaguar rear. IFS by Fast Cars
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jbcobra67
Sorry for the delay. When fully compressed it does still have a little force but I don't think its enough to cause a problem. The brackets I made are long and have 4 screws each on the hood, I thought this should spread the force out and prevent cracking, so far so good.
Thanks
Joey
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I know that there are gas springs made, that when fully compressed, exert zero pressure. I became aware of these zero pressure gas springs years ago from a client of mine that produced gas springs. Company was Suspa, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
When I have some timeI will track down these Zero pressure gas springs. But if anyone comes across these please post your findings.
I've read a couple of posts about gelcoat cracks appearing in the area where the hinge mounting points are glassed to the body. So adding a 15 or 30 PSI constant load to these points concerns me.
Thanks,
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