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02-28-2009, 09:47 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
...that's really pretty slick, gr8snkbite.
If I'm seeing the design right, the ferrules that mount to the hood ...when they're secured into the latches (hood closed), is each essentially flush to and 'in' the base latch mechanism such that the hood cannot move up or down at all? ...unlike the stock latch that prevents the hood from pulling up but still permits it to be pushed down (which the snubber/stops prevent). Is that how it's designed? Seems like a very secure solution assuming it doesn't get balky since I'd bet hood can easily thermally expand/contract by 1/16" under the right (wrong) conditions and there doesn't seem to be much tolerance for the pin and latch to allign -- am I seeing that right? Sure looks great!!! ... and might eliminate hood flutter too if it works like it seems.
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02-28-2009, 10:52 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
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02-28-2009, 11:15 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Wholly moley!
If it took a couple smart guys like you and Matt a day to do it, and another day to adjust/fix it, there's no way a dumb guy like me could do it. Looks great... but it's about 20 notches above my skill level I think. Very nice Keith. Great descriptions and pics!  -
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02-28-2009, 11:19 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Thx Joe..we worked this for about 5 or 6 hours. Taking breaks, eating and a little chill time. At 11pm, i said enough. Today i only worked it for a few hours to get it right. But i still plan to go back after that pass side, and try some shims under it, so i can get it tightened up. its good now, but not 100%. It was a long day. Tomorrow is round one rotor day.
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02-28-2009, 11:49 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Thanks for that explanation, Keith ...that last pic shows eactly what I was unsure of ...yeah, not much room for error but really secures the hood!
WMS is known for designing quality stuff so hopefully this will work well.
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03-01-2009, 12:14 AM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
yea, im pleased with their stuff, and it does work. my hood is the issue, not the product. i'll get it worked out for sure.
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03-01-2009, 08:15 AM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Yep thanks for posting this up! I was looking at these but wanted to see more details.
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03-01-2009, 09:05 AM
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03-01-2009, 09:36 AM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
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03-01-2009, 01:12 PM
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Nice write up, very informative.
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03-01-2009, 01:44 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
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03-02-2009, 05:21 PM
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Good job.....I think these are designed to be exact fit or no fit. That is what makes the hood keep from flexing and virbrating at higher speeds. After you get all the adjustments done, can you do a summary post?
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03-02-2009, 05:46 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
yes, i'll be summarizing after all is done, including road test, thermal dynamic's, etc. could be a while...
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03-02-2009, 05:47 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
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03-02-2009, 05:52 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
you'd be better off having
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03-19-2009, 12:36 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Final Update.....
After three long weeks in the garage and much mod work, i finally got a chance to go joy riding today. Not so much joy but to bead in the new rotors. Well, i did the initial bead in, did some high speed stuff (not really, just 70-80), slowing, turning, etc. After getting home, first thing i did was pop the hood. Nope, that freakin pass side hung up again, and not only that, but the driver side did to, which i never had a problem with. Not happy. Off their comin. With the driving, thermal expansion, etc., they are just not for FG hoods imo. To much flexing, expansion, etc is all i can see causing it. Can't comment on CF hoods.
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03-19-2009, 01:14 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
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03-19-2009, 01:14 PM
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306 of 8150 Coups 67 of 2250 Perform White 711RWHP 695RWTQ Plenty of mods....... It follows that as certain that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive and with it, everything honorable and glorious - Circa 1781 G.W.
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03-19-2009, 01:23 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
how do you think they'd fare on a stock hood?
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03-19-2009, 02:24 PM
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Re: WMS Hood Latch Install
Yeah, that really sucks! You sure did everything you can, Keith, to make it work but can't have the thought of a potentially stuck hood hanging over your head all the time -- would drive me nuts too.
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68fastback® ;-) "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." --Aesop - "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." --Will Rogers - "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." --Margaret Thatcher - "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." --Thomas Jefferson - "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." ... "Man is not free unless government is limited." ... "Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July and the democrats believe every day is April 15." ... "The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much." --Ronald Regan - "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away mans initiative and independence. You cannot help man permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." --Abrahan Lincoln Of course we still want a DOHC alloy big block!
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