From: Jason Bowles <jbowles@carol.net>
>Are hood pins legal to use in SP
Yes. In Stock, too.
>instead of factory mounts?
No, in ADDITION to the factory mounts. You can't remove the stock hinges
and latches.
>Would I have to
>use factory mounts and hood pins?
Yes.
>Could I remove the factory components and
>just use hood pins?
No.
The above will protect you from wienie protests.
In the real world, I pinned my Spridget hood to the stock hinges at the rear
and pinned the hood to the radiator cross-member at the front. This allowed
me to open the hood and use the stock prop-rod by pulling the front two
pins. By additionally pulling the rear two pins, I could remove the hood
entirely. This was a great convenience. The Spridget hood is IN THE WAY of
light, vision and accessibility for darn near any work. With the hood
removed, the accessibility was very good. Was this legal in Street
Prepared? No. Only adding the front pins was legal (I had to remove four
bolts from each rear hinge to get the system to work). Lucky for me, my
class was remarkably free of wienies, even when I tromped them all (this
required a "technical" course).
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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