horizenjob wrote:
Spinning a car isn't that unusual. It is also likely to be part of the learning curve for many people transitioning from heavier and/or street cars to a car like a Seven. It will simply swap ends before you even notice the first time.
And it would be a little unusual for a spin to cause damage. With any luck you wouldn't hit anything. Obviously, your rolling the dice here, but it would be a shame to rip the nose / hood off and destroy them.
I don't think any clubs would allow it, if they notice.
Well it is certainly safer than when the hood flew up on the car I was drafting down the straight at CMP one year.
Well yes, on a track you might not hurt anything, but I was thinking of the roads I drive on around here. All you will find on the sides of our twisting mountain roads are cliffs, trees, guard rails, gulleys or river banks. A spin on the roads I drive would likely be tragic. I had some school friends come to my home in WV from Minneapolis MN with me over spring break one year. Those guys were crapping their pants constantly and were at all times convinced we were going to die when I drove to Snowshoe mountain at the posted limit on dry roads. Those poor flatlanders never came back.
Regardless I will be clamping on both ends of the hood. A hood clamped only from the front is liable to lift or otherwise part ways with the car if you got in the aero wash (or whatever you call the area of low pressure/turbulence) of a semi at highway speeds.
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Actually, the latches will help hold the hood to the form of the scuttle lip so the edges all blend well. I wanted the safety catch type latches so they wouldn't rattle open on their own.
