This may be a stupid question, but we arent all experts
 

When I see modified mustangs wih 2 wires comming out from under the hood and bolted onto the top of the hood, what am I looking at?

Hood pins? Some guys put those on to keep the hood down. Either they have removed the hatch or they think it makes them look fast. If that isn't what your talking about I don't know.

I would bet that your looking at hood clips. People do it (to make them look fast) when they remove the stock hook. I have never understood it, cause its not going to be any faster, just more work and more obvious. Whatever.

often times these hood pins are used on fiberglass hoods that do not have reinforcing for the stock latch system.
Or as stated above, for the appearence of fiberglass hood/speed.

Hood pins were originally installed on race cars with fiberglass hoods that did not have traditional latch mechanisms. These pins kept the hood from flying off at high speeds. The cables were simply a way to prevent losing the clasping pins. Some people like installing them on fiberglass hoods for the look. A few may actually need them.

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Moxie Racing

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I was thinking of getting hood pins because the edges of my hood moves up and down at 70+mph, scares the crap out of me. I really don't want to attract an attention to the car, but it may be worth the piece of mind.



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1995 GT Black sleeper
Edelbrock 6037 heads,Edelbrock proformer intake,Edelbrock cam, 70mm TB,75mm pro-m mass air,Taylor wires, Underdrive pulleys,Equal length headers,K&N filter
Flowmaster cat-back, Eibach pro rate springs
lower control arms
3.73 gear Centerforce clutch

same here, on the interstate if i get up any higher than 65 or 70 the left front corner of my ram air hood starts shaking like fat man in a candy store. It has a stock safety latch but i dont want to take any chances, now does the lameness count for me also because i already know my car is slow, hehehe

Well to everyone who thinks this may look like bragging rights or something of that nature, it is in fact a safetly measure, those hoods are light, well all fiberglass are, and with the horror stories I have heard of hoods coming up and bashing the windshield, to me that is not a bad move to get some extra assurance.Just my opinion...

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91 LX Convertible Gray on Red B&M Shift improver kit,ASP red alum. underdrive pulleys, Richmond 3.73 gears, 1 5/8 Flowtech long tube Headers and off road h-pipe, Flowmaster 2-chamber cat-back with S.S exhaust, MSD 6A Ignition with coil,Cap and rotor, Taylor Pro wires, K&N 12" conical filter system, Jet stage 2 performance chip and just purchased some GT40P heads, looking at exhaust, Lentech Street Terminator plus on it's way...

They used to even come stock on some of the 60's - 70's muscle cars.

I agree some people do need them, no doubt about it. I will get some if I need them when I get a new hood.

Some people put them on just because they think it adds to their car's looks. Example: My ex had a camaro when I met her(6 1/2 yrs ago), she got it cheap and it was 'transportation'. It was a 84 6 banger with the stock hood! I just had to laugh http://www.mustangworks.com/interact...rd/biggrin.gif

Look faster? um nope....i have a fiberglass hood and i had to install them because of the hook hooks onto the fiberglass itself....that looked weak to me so i installed some hoodpins.......

although i have seen them on some cars that look stupid as hell, i also think they look cool on some cars, come on guys, does the 67 GT500 in Gone In 60 Seconds look stupid with them? i didnt think so http://www.mustangworks.com/interact...oard/smile.gif, oh yah and a friend of mine has a Mach 1 hood on his 87GT and it DID come up on him and smashed the plastic cowl cover but luckily didnt break the hood or the windshield, needless to say he put the pins on after that

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88 Notchback 5.0, 3.73's, pulleys, BBK headers, off-road H-pipe, flowmasters, subframe connectors, 65mm TB, shift kit, March ram air kit, motorsport wires, MSD coil, upper and lower control arms, 155lph fuel pump, cheap 2800 stall, Crane Adj.FPR, best time- 13.99@99.75, not yet tested times after 1.7RR install


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What ya'll are saying about fiberglass hoods makes sense, I never knew that there was any actual purpose, thank you!

Do any of you realize how much easier it is to work on a car with the hood completly out the way? Just my 2cents... I love mine

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88workcar
1988 Mustang LX - 12.17 @ 112 MPH!