Well, through all the crap that i've been through with my car and my top, there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel...thanks to Bulletproof for the prompt service.Hood will go on Monday when I take it to the shop to repair the damge to my car.

 

dont drill that hood!!!!! thats the worst thing you could do ... plus that hood pins sucks

 

i see you have J's exhaust comin, go order urself a ricks2k exhaust cap

 

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DROOL.....which is that the 60rs???I already have the cover from Ricks. How loud is that and should I not even bother with hood pins?

 

YUP dats the 60rs ... its not even loud with the cat ... then i put custom test pipe, and the sound is just sex ... with the J's intake, you might have to cut the hood from the inside depends if you have any room for the snorkle ...

p.s. dont bother with the hood pins

 

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You're gonna have to give me your number so you can help me cut the hood if I need to.

But Ben at Bulletproof said that the Top Secret hood provides enough clearance for the J's intake. The intake won't be here for another month so we'll see what happens. What intake are you running?

 

i had the ARC then i sold that .. running stock right now ... custom stock box that is

 

Don't do the hood pins man.

 

Did you sell it to Andrew(Cone)?

 

here ... you should get those tein hood damper (so i can call you NO ORIGINALITY)

 

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Can someone please tell me why? I thought that hood pins were "somewhat needed" with CF hoods, even though I never had em on my Sol. Can I drill for the washer nozzles at least?

 

i think its already drilled for the washers ...

 

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yeah that bastard wouldnt leave me alone ... so i sold it to him

 

It should be drilled for washers like Oz said.

Hood pins are not necessary because your hood is heavier than the oem one. Now if you had a dry carbon fiber hood, which is super light, you would need hood pins. The company you bought your hood from will always tell you to get hood pins as its a safety requirement for them to offer it to you

 

is it authentic Top Secret hood? it should be dry carbon if its authentic and i say you dont need hood pins ... just look @ mugen hood in urmil's car, he didnt need hood pins

 

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Yeah it's the real Top Secret piece. I appreciate all the feedback, glad I did'nt jump the gun and do something stupid. After all I am the S2K NUB.....

 

i never got a chance to look at urmil's car closely

 

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Just ordered em. I am no longer original.........

 

order it from evasivemotorsports ... while ure @ it, get the J's engine torque damper, J's oil cap, J's valve cover, and J's Radiator cap ..

then ...

go back to bulletproof or AJR and get the J's oil catch can / rad fluid over flow tank

 

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Yeah...you were too busy trying to get some pancakes with the ITR guys. Actually, by then, I had already been at lunch for close to 1.5 hours, so I had to run anyway.

Yup...no pins needed for a reinforced dry CF hood. I'm not sure about the Top Secret, but if the underside is reinforced, you shouldn't need the pins. If it's just a hood lid, you may need to do the pins. However, I suggest not doing so. With a vented hood, you have a much less chance of the hood peeling back at high speed. The air pressure on either side of a vented hood at speed shouldn't be great enough to "blow open" the hood. On a non-vented hood with weak latching, this could be a major issue....especially with a hood length as long as the S2K.

 

i've heard stories of hoods flying back at windshields..

 

Yea, from people forgetting to push their hood down all the way, buying cheap 1 ply hoods, shitty install... There will always be stories.

 

only use hood pins if they have a lock on it...

 

engine bay is hotnes

 

RE:Hoodpins

When you drill into carbon fiber like that, eventually it will start to crack around the area in which you drilled for the hood pins.

Don't do it. It looks cleaner without them anyway.