I picked this car up about a month and a half ago and just noticed that part of my valve cover looks like it had been rubbing the hood, then I look at the hood and yep, it's definitely been rubbing. It's done it so much that that part of my hood is now indented.

The car is using stock 94 Integra mounts. I've got mount inserts on the way, is that going to change anything?

I'm painting my valve cover soon and don't want it to expletive up again because it's rubbing.

Thanks.

 

Is it rubbing on the hood skin, or the reinforcing skeleton?

 

I guess it would be the skeleton.

 

TT

 

Have you considered removing or reshaping the section that is rubbing?

 

I've considered cutting that part out but I dont want to expletive it up. It's a ViS double-sided CF OEM hood.

 

I had a strong suspicion it was a VIS hood. If I recall correctly, certain versions of the hood did indeed have clearance issues with swapped engines. If you <u>carefully</u> remove the offending area with a Dremel, you should be fine.

 

Alright thanks.