99cobra2881 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 1 vote for AeroCatch hood latches... no pins to forget on the ground, under the hood or hanging on cables. But like was mentioned make it a habit to latch them ANY time the hood goes down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhunter Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 FYI, Joes Racing has some great free downloadable chassis setup sheets, car checklist, etc... The last item on the checklist is "check hoodpins"... http://www.joesracing.com/kb/admin/attachments/joes_car_prep_checklist.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlingle Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 1 vote for AeroCatch hood latches... no pins to forget on the ground, under the hood or hanging on cables. But like was mentioned make it a habit to latch them ANY time the hood goes down. +1 to this. If you have them unlatched you see the back end staring up at you. They are a PITA to install but I am glad I did it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Hartman Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 so those aero catch latches, if you leave them up does the wind push them down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99cobra2881 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 so those aero catch latches, if you leave them up does the wind push them down? No, theyre not a 100% fix, they can be left undone just like any other hood pin. One advantage is they have a catch on them that is more like when a stock hood is open but not latched. If the aerocatch is in the middle unlocked position the hood is in effect latched. ***Edit*** Speaking of leaving hood pins out, anyone else watch the Grand Am race at Barber? About midway through a Porsche GT3 RSR is leaving the pits then WHAM the hood flys up!! It can happen to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99cobra2881 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Figured I ought to do a follow up on this. I have the aerocatchs installed on the car. I will say they are sooo easy to close that there is no reason to not latch them any time the hood goes down. Hood is an 03 cobra lift off hood made by cervinis. Install was a very long, measure, remeasure, measure again, reposition templates, measure again etc etc etc, repeat then 4+ hours later theyre installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlingle Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I feel your pain. Put a set on my CMC car and it took an entire afternoon. Now that they are in though I wouldnt give for them! Great product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Hartman Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Finally getting around to fixing my car. Have a few other projects going on so I pretty much took everything out/off the car that is bolted on minus front right fender and rear bumper. New roof is almost ready to go on. Gonna take it to work to use the spot welder rather than mig it all on. Removed 13lbs of wires according to my bathroom scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsnake08 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Aj do you stil have those mach 1 heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Hartman Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 yes I do. send me a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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