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Old 03-11-2005, 12:12 PM
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Car: '88 Red Trans Am w/ T-tops
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: T-5
Purpose of hood pins?
What are they actually for and are they really worth it?
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Old 03-11-2005, 03:55 PM
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
Engine: 383 Carb
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44
To save weight, "lift-off" fiberglass or composite hoods for racing have no reinforcement to mount the hood latch or hinges. Hood pins keep the hood on the car in that application..
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To look cool

lol,
i should get some my hood starts to shake at 75mph
its scary
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my hood has the holes for pins...but the hood on my car came off another z28 that was doing over 144mph in the 1320
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