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Jerry ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,997 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
I have the popular front hood shox kit on my 914 but I have issues with it. The shox do hold the hood up in the garage quite well. But in the environment with wind, it fails to hold the hood up. The geometry seems off as if the hood is pushed down an inch or 2 it loses all shock resistance and falls very rapidly.
I find it embarrassing to have to put a length of wood to wedge the hood open while I fuel but even more embarrassing to pump with one hand and hold up the hood with the other. These are new shox. Just purchased and installed a few months ago. I think I've installed them correctly. If the hood is pulled down a couple of inches, it flies down with no resistance. The kit seems well designed but the geometry seems off. The shocks on my 911 front hood provide resistance no matter how open the hood is. Question then: What do I have to do to eliminate the "falling hood" syndrom? Add the original spring? Did I do the installation wrong? Help!! My car as it sits. The gas station I stop at always has wind blowing the hood closed. The wooden stand is absolutely necessary with this shox kit. I've gotten hit too many times with a falling hood while refueling. ![]() Here's Camp914's installation. Mine is the same as this. ![]() Here's how Sir Andy solved the hood shock. The geometry here looks better than mine. ![]() Here's another shock (I think it's a shock) solution. ![]() |
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Jerry ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,997 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
I did some garage engineering on the existing shox. I tried moving the passenger side hood pick up to the other hing bolt. You can see here how the passenger side has a different angle.
This changed several characteristics. 1) The hood does not open as much as with the original design. 2) One shock holds up the hood alone and provides significant pressure to hold hood up. 3) There is several inches of hood travel before the hood starts dropping. 4) The shock is compressed more than the original design. ![]() Original hood travel is shown by how far the tape is pushed up the shaft. ![]() The modified side shows almost all the travel used. ![]() I moved the bottom of the shock as far forward as possible using a piece of steel from an old garage door opener. The bottom securing point was moved back about 4 inches whereas the top mounting on the hood moved up about 5.5 inches. Thus the use of more travel on the shock. ![]() |
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