Oli Needs a New Hood for his C5 T1 race car... video to follow!

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01-23-2012, 11:58 AM

Olitho

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Oli Needs a New Hood for his C5 T1 race car... video to follow!

I am off to the parts for sale section.

I need a new hood.

Someone mentioned one for sale here locally in So Cal for $90. I am off to try and find it now....

Oli

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01-23-2012, 12:02 PM

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I have a hood for you Oli. It's yours for the taking if you want it. I'll email a picture of it to you later. I also have some video of your hood flying over my car at 150 mph

. Sorry it ruined your race.

Bill.

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01-23-2012, 12:19 PM

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I have a hood for you Oli. It's yours for the taking if you want it. I'll email a picture of it to you later. I also have some video of your hood flying over my car at 150 mph

. Sorry it ruined your race.

Bill.

Thanks Bill! I just procured one locally for $90 though...

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01-23-2012, 12:19 PM

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Video to come soon....

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01-23-2012, 12:23 PM

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I have a hood for you Oli. It's yours for the taking if you want it. I'll email a picture of it to you later. I also have some video of your hood flying over my car at 150 mph

. Sorry it ruined your race.

Bill.

post it up if you can!

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01-23-2012, 12:26 PM

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Video to come soon....

OOOOOooooo Im glad to hear this ended decently. Woulda been much worse with a "WTB new car" thread. glad you are ok!

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01-23-2012, 12:42 PM

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WOW!! What happened Oli? Did you bump someone or did some air get under it somehow?

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01-23-2012, 01:45 PM

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I think a performance hood seal would have prevented this

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01-23-2012, 01:53 PM

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I think a performance hood seal would have prevented this

they add 50 hp too

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01-23-2012, 02:23 PM

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Picture/describe performance hood seal?

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01-23-2012, 02:24 PM

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It was a joke. It's a piece of weatherstripping that vendors sell for like $20 that seals the front edge of your hood. They claim it allows the intake to work better.

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01-23-2012, 03:10 PM

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It was a joke. It's a piece of weatherstripping that vendors sell for like $20 that seals the front edge of your hood. They claim it allows the intake to work better.

Got me.

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01-23-2012, 03:40 PM

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Looks to me like a NO2 failure

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01-23-2012, 03:59 PM

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i mean..what is that coming up thru the hood...can't make it out. Kinda resembles an engine block but...no way !

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01-23-2012, 04:03 PM

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i mean..what is that coming up thru the hood...can't make it out. Kinda resembles an engine block but...no way !

I asked the same question on Facebook... it's the hood blanket/insulator! Looks like a phantom escaping!

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01-23-2012, 04:07 PM

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I can see you need to get our new Titanium reinforcing hood grommets. They've been shown to keep hoods anchored in hurricanes and tornadoes, so I'm sure they'd work on track.

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01-23-2012, 05:27 PM

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Thanks Bill! I just procured one locally for $90 though...

Cool. That's cheaper than shipping mine down there probably. I was looking at the hood in my shop and I can see what happened more clearly to your hood now. I'm uploading my race video now. Chuck got some amazing pictures of the failure in process. What were the chances that he would be taking photos right at that time?

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01-23-2012, 06:06 PM

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I can see you need to get our new Titanium reinforcing hood grommets. They've been shown to keep hoods anchored in hurricanes and tornadoes, so I'm sure they'd work on track.

duct tape works too