Nelsonian Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 ^^ I second that statement , as John will do you right, he's a very honest, stand up guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thirded. He hauled my doors from Arizona to Laguna Beach, CA himself, as he was visiting and knew it'd save me a few bucks. Definitely stand-up guy. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 +1 for John at Reaction Research. I bought a 280 vented fiberglass hood from him a few years ago and couldn't ask for a better hood or better customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Washington Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hi, Guys, Thanks mucho for all the kind words. I'm not perfect, but I try! I've been threatening a remodel of the website for sometime, and have recently done a couple of unrelated websites to test-drive Wordpress. I'm hoping to start on the Reaction Research website this summer. Meanwhile, I can do Z hoods with or without the cowl vent (small tunnel vent at rear), with or without 280 vent holes, I also have a "Juday"-style hood you can see as the last photo on this page: http://www.reactionresearch.com/280yz/danjuday/danjuday.html If you want one of these let me know quick as you can. If I get elected, I may sell it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarS30Z Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's awesome news! I'm very much interested in the regular style vented 280 hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Washington Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's awesome news! I'm very much interested in the regular style vented 280 hood. I can have it ready to ship by Monday. All you have to do is let me know (and pay me:)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atozone Tonine Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Some of the manufacturers I've looked at have said to remove the torsion springs because it puts too much pressure on the hood and can cause bowing as you described. Keep the hinges but remove the support springs. I just got a Hartman Fiberglass hood, and the front does not want to go all the way down. I still have the hood pins, but no holes in the hood yet, so that is the reason the rear is not completely down. However, I can still feel a lot of resistance when pushing the hood down. Im thinking about taking out the torsion bars, but wondering if that will allow the front to pop up at speed. It sure is ugly compared to stock, but hoping for improved air flow and heat dissipation. Has anyone removed the torsion bars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yeah, ditch the torsion bars. Hood looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atozone Tonine Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Yup... Took them off. Trying to decide whether to just use 2 hood pins and the hinges, or 4 hood pins and ditch the hinge all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 The hinges will move up at speed without the torsion bars. Try just installing one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Atozone-I'm with you, my plan is to go to 4 hood pins, 2 in front and 2 in back. Johnc is correct, as usual, my hood does move around at around 100mph, but I'm usually so busy then that I have other fish to fry, like shifting and turning. But, I do worry about it. I also worry about my hood release cable snapping at some point, and that is a real pain to work thru. Now that my car is more race car than street car, I hope to soon go to pins. I will keep my hinges and prop/support rod-I've seen a couple hoods get run over or stepped on at the track-expensive. When I have my fenders repaired for the flares (assuming they ever come in from the vendor (3 weeks of waiting so far for something "in-stock"), I plan to ask the fabricator to put some brackets on the inner fenders for the front two hood pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atozone Tonine Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I have 2 hood pins already mounted on the lip where the cowl panel meets the hood. I'm not sure where to mount the front 2 pins. I have seen them mounted on the radiator support (a bit higher up), and also more near the front of the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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