After market hood struts

[V8E30]

mother of god.....

is that a Good "mother of god" or bad?...

[Pantless Spency]

very good.
such a shocker, wish i owned it :S

https://www.blunttech.com

https://www.gutenparts.com

[NV325i]

I have a sudden desire to drop a small block in mine :)

[V8E30]

I have a sudden desire to drop a small block in mine :)

its actually not hard at all of a swap the mounts were like 150 bucks weld it beat the fire wall a bit tunnel larger for the xmsn.... and wiring and bam! shes alive!

[Jand3rson]

Sigh... Please tell me that isn't a chevy v8?

Keep the purist crap out of the thread, and stick to maybe just helping and/or answering the guy's question. KTHNKBYE.

[10Toes]

Keep the purist crap out of the thread, and stick to maybe just helping and/or answering the guy's question. KTHNKBYE.

You must be new...

[Pantless Spency]

You must be new...

lol i was about to say something about that.

[Simon S]

I'd advise getting/trying an OE strut first. (from blunttech)

Original strut should be pretty beat per age.
Fwiw, I replaced my original, worn strut with a "worldpac" unit - and that piece was as bad as the worn original.

Now that I think of it - the only reason I replaced the strut was because the hood would pop upward in a hard manner when release was triggered. i.e. the strut has nothing to do with how the hood is 'held up'. Doesn't the support linkage do that?

If I were in your shoes, I'd get an OE strut from blunttech - then see about fabbing/installing a second support linkage on the driver's side.

Cool swap btw.. for some reason reminds me of something like a '67 Nova - that handles a WHOLE lot better..
:up:



edit: disregard some of that, because, yeah – the strut does do some ‘holding up’ once [a stock] hood reaches a balance point per linkage.

And yeah – you’re working with a heavier hood there.. I guess I’d look into a dual (L & R) linkage and fresh OE struts to both combat additional weight and to keep any twisting forces at minimum..

[Jand3rson]

You must be new...

[V8E30]

I'd advise getting/trying an OE strut first. (from blunttech)

Original strut should be pretty beat per age.
Fwiw, I replaced my original, worn strut with a "worldpac" unit - and that piece was as bad as the worn original.

Now that I think of it - the only reason I replaced the strut was because the hood would pop upward in a hard manner when release was triggered. i.e. the strut has nothing to do with how the hood is 'held up'. Doesn't the support linkage do that?

If I were in your shoes, I'd get an OE strut from blunttech - then see about fabbing/installing a second support linkage on the driver's side.

Cool swap btw.. for some reason reminds me of something like a '67 Nova - that handles a WHOLE lot better..
:up:



edit: disregard some of that, because, yeah – the strut does do some ‘holding up’ once [a stock] hood reaches a balance point per linkage.

And yeah – you’re working with a heavier hood there.. I guess I’d look into a dual (L & R) linkage and fresh OE struts to both combat additional weight and to keep any twisting forces at minimum..

thanks bud

[JOMARO]

l dont know if this might help, but we use here the boot strut from Fiat 132 , much much stronger,and requir no mods

might wanna talk a look at some boot struts

[FunfGan]

Keep the purist crap out of the thread, and stick to maybe just helping and/or answering the guy's question. KTHNKBYE.

Successful troll is successful.


Also, 388? Damn! You got me beat by 82ci :(

Also, beautiful work. You wouldn't happen to have any photos or anything of how you did the hood? I'm looking to do something like that so I can run a bigger filter.

[PeteD]

Successful troll is successful.


Also, 388? Damn! You got me beat by 82ci :(

Also, beautiful work. You wouldn't happen to have any photos or anything of how you did the hood? I'm looking to do something like that so I can run a bigger filter.

I think he bought it like that, I was wondering the same thing as I am about to embark on a cowl project. I have an idea of how I'll go about...I think.

Nice car OP!

[AndrewBird]

Check out www.Mcmaster.com. They sell gas struts in pretty much any size. I'm sure you could find one there.

[V8E30]

ordered a stock one for now so we will see if a brand new one will hold up