Phink

ok guys, i've searched and found nothing, so what in the hell could be causing my hood to rub my valve cover? i have a 93 hatch with a gsr swap? is this common? and what can i do to stop it...i think its when i get on it and the engine shifts back, but any help is appreciated, thanks in advance

Dancing is Forbidden

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by darkb18c1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok guys, i've searched and found nothing, so what in the hell could be causing my hood to rub my valve cover? i have a 93 hatch with a gsr swap? is this common? and what can i do to stop it...i think its when i get on it and the engine shifts back, but any help is appreciated, thanks in advance </TD></TR></TABLE>If you think it is when it shifts back, you may want to check the lower torque mounts or the rear mount. There is not a hood clearance issue with a b18c swap in a hatch. Look at the mounts for cracks/tears.

Phink

alright, i'll check the mounts tomorrow, thanks man...may be time for some hasport billet mounts, lol

EG TYPE-R

mine rubed and all my mounts are good. i just cut the underside of my hood off.

Phink

it only rubs on the bottom right hand side, standing in front of the car...just on the very corner...i was thinking about a fiber images hood cuz they don't have the frame on the underside of the hood, but gotta check the mounts, i don't need no shitty cracked or torn mounts, so they'll be first, thanks though

Dancing is Forbidden

Mine was rubbing in my integra due to bad tq mounts due to the rear mount bolt falling out.

Phink

thanks man, i'll post what it is as soon as i find out

GARBhatch.

Yes, probably as previously stated, One of the motor mounts is shot. Can happen pretty easily after a heavier motor such as a gsr goes in there. In the ek's, you get a nice indication by black oil sprayed all over your engine bay. Looks kewl.

Blazin Si

A cheap way to stiffen it up is to put polyurethane inserts into your mounts.

After I did my swap, I put clay on the valve cover and shut the hood. I ended up with about a 1/2" of clearance.

.nate

BEAT THAT HOE!

Hatchy-Ownzjo0

it should rub a little bit due to the reinforcement on the underside of the hood. it shouldnt rub TOO much, and it definately shouldnt dent your hood or anything like that. I never even notice it until someone pointed it out to me when they were checking out my handy work.

SOHC_MShue

i bet its one of your motor mounts too. A while ago when I was removing my ac I removed the lower torque mount that connected to my ac compressor bracket by accident and my motor moved so much one time when I shifter hard that a spot on the valve cover that stuck out put a dent in my hood...needless to say I put the mount back in right away

xerox445

you drove your car, and drove it hard with a torque mount missing......wow

Hatchy-Ownzjo0

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SOHC_MShue &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i bet its one of your motor mounts too. A while ago when I was removing my ac I removed the lower torque mount that connected to my ac compressor bracket by accident and my motor moved so much one time when I shifter hard that a spot on the valve cover that stuck out put a dent in my hood...needless to say I put the mount back in right away </TD></TR></TABLE>

wtf dude!??? what were you thinking.. hahaha!!

Phink

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Blazin Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">A cheap way to stiffen it up is to put polyurethane inserts into your mounts.

After I did my swap, I put clay on the valve cover and shut the hood. I ended up with about a 1/2" of clearance. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i have those inserts, lol...i checked the mounts and they're good....it doesn't rub TOO much, just curious as to why...leaves a little bare metal spot on the valve cover from rubbin, so i guess i could notch out a small spot of the reinforcement of the underside of the hood

SOHC_MShue

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xerox445 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you drove your car, and drove it hard with a torque mount missing......wow</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea tell me about it.. . I thought it was only used to support the ac compressor or something, but i soon realized it was a mount that I needed. The car drove like **** without it.

GARBhatch.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SOHC_MShue &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

yea tell me about it.. . I thought it was only used to support the ac compressor or something, but i soon realized it was a mount that I needed. The car drove like **** without it.</TD></TR></TABLE>HAAAAHHA I'm an idiot too, I mean... I did the same thing. Exact same dent from my valve cover hitting the hood. I drove the car for 2 weeks with a broken driverside motor mount and no torque mount (same one as sohc) and every shift seeing my hood pop up a lil. that 96-98 hood is long gone and I'm using a place racing mount BUT STILL NO TORQUE MOUNT. The car drives fine. should I worry? hehe