SLP Ram Air HO hood safety catch
09-12-2005, 07:43 AM
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SLP Ram Air HO hood safety catch Ok guys,
I've got my hood mounted and I'm currently heat fitting the hood to my car.
The fitment is pretty good on my 00 T/A but the only thing that wouldn't work when I tried was the stock safety catch... because of the angle(bent up towards the hood) that the release handle is on the stock hood this won't work with the SLP hood, so I was wondering if the WS6/Firehawk hoods had a different safety catch... my only other alternative is to chain the hood down... which is not what I want to do... Otherwise the hood is secure but it would give me piece of mind if I had the safety latch on the car.
If anybody has a pic of thier safety latch on this hood or a WS6/Firehawk hood please post them or send them to me so I can get an idea of what else to do!
TIA
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I've got my hood mounted and I'm currently heat fitting the hood to my car.
The fitment is pretty good on my 00 T/A but the only thing that wouldn't work when I tried was the stock safety catch... because of the angle(bent up towards the hood) that the release handle is on the stock hood this won't work with the SLP hood, so I was wondering if the WS6/Firehawk hoods had a different safety catch... my only other alternative is to chain the hood down... which is not what I want to do... Otherwise the hood is secure but it would give me piece of mind if I had the safety latch on the car.
If anybody has a pic of thier safety latch on this hood or a WS6/Firehawk hood please post them or send them to me so I can get an idea of what else to do!
TIA
-CW
09-12-2005, 10:24 AM
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I am using my stock one. I bent the lever you lift up on down a little so it lifts enough to clear the latch. I thought about looking into a latch off a Firehawk, but the stock one seems to be working just fine.
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Originally Posted by hawgs
I am using my stock one. I bent the lever you lift up on down a little so it lifts enough to clear the latch. I thought about looking into a latch off a Firehawk, but the stock one seems to be working just fine.
09-12-2005, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rex orr
Heat Fitting ?
Know anything about the safety catch?
09-12-2005, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SVThis
i got a GM ram air hood for mine...
alot of cash but hey...worked and fitted like a wonder
alot of cash but hey...worked and fitted like a wonder
Got any pics?
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09-12-2005, 11:44 PM
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Safety latch from a Firehawk hood It is funny because I had the same issue with my SLP hood. I could not make my stock latch work from my stock hood. I am currently running without one. I have had the car up to triple digit speeds with no issues. I do plan on getting the safety latch from a Firehawk hood.
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Formy,
The latch is more for piece of mind... the former owner of the hood had gone without one as well but he somehow had forgotten to secure it down and drove off and had it smack his windshield in... I'm not saying that is going to happen to me but you never know...
I've got two questions for you... have you seen a firehawk catch (is it different from the stock one?) know anywhere that its sold? Also at the center of the nose of your hood and the nose of the car do you have a step up to the hood... I've seen the firehawk hood and they have a cap over that part of the nose that smooths the lines of the hood... have you seen that?
The latch is more for piece of mind... the former owner of the hood had gone without one as well but he somehow had forgotten to secure it down and drove off and had it smack his windshield in... I'm not saying that is going to happen to me but you never know...
I've got two questions for you... have you seen a firehawk catch (is it different from the stock one?) know anywhere that its sold? Also at the center of the nose of your hood and the nose of the car do you have a step up to the hood... I've seen the firehawk hood and they have a cap over that part of the nose that smooths the lines of the hood... have you seen that?
