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Old 05-01-2024, 10:39 AM
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After having burned my fingers on the hood’s prop rod for 20 years, I finally crafted an insulated finger guard for raising and lowering the hood when the engine is really hot. As you might guess, the problem was that the prop rod would get very hot during a spirited drive and when I would prop the hood open to let the engine cool I would invariably burn my fingers on the prop rod because I could never remember to put on a glove.

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Fuel hose and zip ties...I'll copy that!
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Old 05-02-2024, 11:17 AM
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Interesting. I've been driving mine for a little over 20 years and I've never noticed the hood prop getting hot. Mine is stainless steel though. Perhaps that makes a difference.
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I've not noticed mine getting hot enough to burn either and I frequently open the hood when I get home from a drive on a hot day. I have a ceiling fan over the car and the heat from the opened hood is enough to turn the blades at a surprising clip.
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My prop rod does not get that hot but just
after shutdown if the hood goes up, these go on.
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I've never noticed the hood prop getting hot...
Clearly you fellas need to lean on your mills a little harder.
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OR...maybe they don't have your 800# hunk of smoldering cast iron for an engine???
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OR...maybe they don't have your 800# hunk of smoldering cast iron for an engine???
That is more properly referred to as a "seasoned block."
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I put rubber hose on mine just to protect paint in area I could inadvertently bump with it while raising or lowering the hood.

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It must be a Big Block thing us guys with little itty-bitty 289-347 small blocks never have the heat that comes boiling out like (As Karlos said) from 800lbs lumps of BB's. The last part of my drive is 4miles (@35mph, with lots of 15mph corners) with a dead end, so just right for some hard 2-3 gear pulls, you know just to blow out any Cob-Webs that could be still in the motor Cheers TommyRot.
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It must be a Big Block thing ...
Funny you should mention that... I actually had the boys at Danbury Competition weigh my engine when they put it together. With aluminum heads, intake, water pump, and flywheel it came in at just about 500lbs, which is only about 20 pounds over a 289. Had I not opted for the original boat anchor of a starter motor, I think I could have matched the weight of a small block. That starter motor paid me back though when it let me drive the car up on to a flat bed using nothing but the starter motor to power the car. This was after the clutch linkage came apart and I was out in the middle of nowhere.
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