[Tigers] Hood Floating

[Owain Lloyd]

do you have exit vents in the hood?
the lat hood floats at about 3-4" between 50 and 90 mph.  its not very
stable and i wouldn't recommend it.  i know this because when i first got
it, mine used to pop open occasionally.   i've never tried it over 90mph.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Steve Sage <fastsage at cox.net> wrote:

> I'm still getting 100+ degree days here in the desert in Arizona along with
> the scorpions and rattlesnakes. This gives me the opportunity to continue
> with some Tiger water temperature experimentation.
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> I never have an overheating issue either way, but with my hood propped open
> about 1" in the back in 100+ degrees, at high speeds water temperature runs
> about 15 degrees cooler than with the hood closed. Plus, after stop and go
> driving, running it up to speed it cools down noticeably faster than with
> the hood closed all the way. I've tried this repeatedly on the freeway and
> get repeat results. The hood open position helps my A/C run colder, among
> other things.
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> That being said, I don't especially like the way it looks with the hood
> propped open, but it's dangerous to change to my longer hood spring assembly
> back to the stock shorter one, plus it's a pain. You may remember I had to
> unbolt the hood from the front a couple of weeks ago to get it open because
> I messed up the alignment with the receiver.
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> Which brings me to the question: Has anyone tried driving at higher speeds
> (70-80 +) with the hood unlatched and, if so, what happens? Does it float
> up, and if so, how high? I'm concerned that some kind of aerodynamics might
> flip the hood all the way up or bend it forward, which would probably not be
> good. For some strange reason I don't want to find this out myself.
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> Steve Sage
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