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tjm86ss 02-06-2009, 03:16 PM Hello all, I'm new to this site and must say so far its been a wealth of information. i recently purchased an 86 and plan to restore. I just picked up a fiberglass cowl induction hood. my question is, the hardware from the stock hood fits fine however looks like i will need to do something with the spring. i need ideas as to what i need to do to the spring or is there any after market part i can use.............thanks Carretera 02-06-2009, 05:15 PM Welcome, when I installed the first fiberglass hood I purchased the low tension springs, the stock are to stiff, the hood I have now is very lightweigh and does not have any springs. I don't remember where I bought them, sorry. 65 ELKY 02-06-2009, 05:15 PM Whats wrong with spring you have now. I have a fiberglass hood and use stock springs 65 ELKY 02-06-2009, 05:39 PM If you need low tension try unlimited products at www.up22.com (http://www.up22.com) hope this can help you. And welcome to ECC. PaPa Johns 77 02-06-2009, 07:04 PM Here you go! http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+115+%2D121368&D=%2D121368 skinyfisher 02-06-2009, 08:39 PM Call the hood maker they will tell you that most fiberglass hoods require a spring that is for the fiberglass hood. I know of several composit and fiberglass hoods that have cracks because of the wrong tension and size springs were used. One that I saw at a show with stock hinges and springs that just pulled the laminate and plate off the hood in one piece, that was probably a laminating error by the MFG but the force was pretty great to do it as the only thing I saw was the color of a hot bach of resin. 1BadElky 02-06-2009, 08:50 PM +1 A mechanic I know has an El Camino hood in the corner of his shop busted all the way across. | ||