Hydraulic hood stand?
Hydraulic hood stand?
My first car ('89 dodge shadow) had a hydraulic hood lift (?) or something, where you'd pop the hood, and lift it up and it'd pop right open and not need a prop. Anyone know what I mean? Know if it's possible to do this on our mx's?
my poor car..
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You mean actuators, the same thing that holds up the rear hatch. Yes, i think this is possible even though i have not seen it done on a mx, it would be a good idea though, shouldnt be to hard to do. Maybe hit up the wreckers and check out what they got for used acctuators. Make sure u measure the distance from your mounting point to the hood so u can get teh proper one.
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mm this is a great idea..something I would look into
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Volkswagen Jetta hood actuators should work well. I was going to do this before....wrecked the car, don't care about it now .
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Also...I think I read a post on here somewhere about hood shocks. I believe I remember someone saying you would need some sort of support or brace for the front of the hood...so the hood wouldn't get bent when it was up. Think about it. With the rods we have now...the front of the hood is supported. With hood shocks...the support for holding the hood up would be more in the middle of the hood and the front would just hang there w/o any support at all. It made since when I read it. I was going to try, but that's near last on my list of mods. Try searching for "hood shocks" you should find some useful info.
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If you give me a week i am planning to do it sense i got a CF hood. Ones i get it done i will post some pics.
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Moss motersports sells a kit for the Miata. should work great for the MX. iv debated it as well i just hadent gotten around to doing it yet. and the fiberglass framing under the CF hoods are week. so that might need some more fiberglass to help it withstand the pressure of the shocks.
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last week there was a car show in town and i seen this 57 chevy and used to hold up the hood were like the hood shocks like my moms new car so i got the idea to do it on my car so last week i went to the junk yard after work looking for something that i think would work i found like 2 or three cars that might work but i havent had to much of a chance to go and measure the length of what i think we will need for our cars so i will go do that and this weekend and head out to the junk yard again
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if you use google you can find some write-up of how to do it...i've seen them for other cars but not the MX...should be similar though and at the very least would give you some ideas.
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Here are some pics of MX-3's who have that. (and some other pics you might like)
http://www.senshispeed.nl/forum2/index. ... 4754&st=20
Most popular seems te be the option where rear hatch shocks are placed neer the front strut bar.
http://www.senshispeed.nl/forum2/index. ... 4754&st=20
Most popular seems te be the option where rear hatch shocks are placed neer the front strut bar.
sorry but i cant read what is going on here could you tell me what one ? so i dont have to go though them all. if you could it would be great thanks
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93 323 Tranny, ACT clutch, Exhaust, cold air intake, MSD Blaster 2 coil, MSD 8.5mm super conductor wires NGK V-power platinum plugs,engine dress up,custom interior(almost done), GS front bumper, GS 5 spoke wheels Painted white.
92 1.6L
93 323 Tranny, ACT clutch, Exhaust, cold air intake, MSD Blaster 2 coil, MSD 8.5mm super conductor wires NGK V-power platinum plugs,engine dress up,custom interior(almost done), GS front bumper, GS 5 spoke wheels Painted white.
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There isn't much going on, just some pics of a meeting. Didn't think you would mind looking at the other pictures. This is one of the pics I ment.m92_MX3 wrote:sorry but i cant read what is going on here could you tell me what one ? so i dont have to go though them all. if you could it would be great thanks