Hood latch

[somedaysoon]

  Just wondering has anyone removed their hood latch and used just the hood pins and lanyards.
  Thanks Pete

[Chryco Psycho]

I have done it in the past & on my race car as well & all T/A & AAR Cudas only used hood pins 

[somedaysoon]

 Thanks, I need room for an intercooler and that will allow me to remove the bracing, Pete

[Chryco Psycho]

makes sense to me

[Aussie Challenger]

  I did this on one of my cars also, however I put some low tension valve springs on the post so it put tension on the hood and didn't flap up and down.     Worked for me.   

[ShelbyDogg]

I have a T/A hood and accidentally drove down the street with the pins off.  You don't think about it till it pops up and damages your hood. I was only going about 25 so I was able to re-glass the support.  It also happened to my friends original T/A on the highway.  He was driving, it blew up, then broke in half at the hinges and landed behind the car, on the highway. If I reinstall my T/A hood, it will now have the safety latch installed.

Ask any T/A or AAR owner if they ever took off without their hood pins in. Sooner or later they do it. The safety latch can save your car. See if you can install your intercooler and retain the latch.

 

[dutch]

  sooner or later...