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Good morning. I just bought a C5Z for track events. I don’t see a huge selection of tow hooks out there. (phadt, VMS) Any other recommendations while I continue my search ? Thanks !
Good morning. I just bought a C5Z for track events. I don’t see a huge selection of tow hooks out there. (phadt, VMS) Any other recommendations while I continue my search ? Thanks !
Back 13 years I made mine, first fabricated a mount from 1/4 inch plate with a 5/8 -11 coupling nut welded on it so that the nut protruded through a hole in the right fog light cove. The tow hook itself is a 5/8-11 stud welded to a short 1/2 " braided cable with a D ring welded on. The cable has two layers of heater hose on it to provide stiffness at high speed yet flexibility if the tow truck pulls at an angle. The mount bolts to two new longer skid bar mount bolts. the tow hook is screwed in at the track and removed after last session.
You have to have some mechanical and fabrication aptitude to do this. Unfortunately my cardboard model and pictures are gone.
I have used this tow hook for 24 of my 28 days on track and like that the hook comes off at the end of the day.
Here is a photo from three years back on track day 24, No. 80 is on the car today.
