[Chrysler300] RE: Hood springs/300C hood latch

["'John Grady' jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, thank you George. 

I was looking at hood latch, thinking about pop open thing. One idea I had
was to not change anything, but add a 3/16" stainless loop wire off bottom
bolts, snap hook into stainless eye at top , both attached with existing
bolt locations. Thinking, not laid out precisely yet.

Frankly, from engineering look, a very poor hood catch design, can see why
it would pop right through the second catch, due to lots of upward momentum,
lots of weight and wind uplift at high speed. Do not need that,...could
easily work out of first catch by vibration, popup flat spring aiding that
sequence by pushing upwards while vibrating . 

If second factory catch plate bent (deformed) upwards even a little when
slammed upwards by jumping the first catch, flat back end of hood pin would
force it back, radially out, hood pin might deflect too,  to one side , away
we go . Understand now, that pix of C with rope in eye bolts around hood.
Must have happened to them. 

Needs a safety catch, like the 70 hemi hood pins concept   ...those mostly
for show. Saw a C in NM with more elaborate (?factory race?) double side
catch, ------that and no push up spring was in mine (smart?) . Did not want
to modify with later separate catch, looked at Dodge Truck, Dart, nice
secondary J catch, does not fit very well, do not want to drill parts. 

Springs keep it up, now we gotta keep it down. Maybe a club project? Horror
show beyond belief if it opens at speed on 100 point car.

-----Original Message-----
From: George McKovich [mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 11:43 AM
To: John Grady
Subject: Hood springs

John
I shipped the hood springs yesterday. Let me know when you get them.

George





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