Re: [alfa] Carbon fiber Spider hoods

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@xxxxxx>]

Hi Gwynne:

The "upward ding" in the hood happens when one bottoms the car, crashing 
the oil pan and/or sump guard into the pavement, lifting the front of the 
cam cover (oil cap, actually) into the underside of the hood.  Another mode 
is when a radiator fan, the belt-driven type, shatters and one of the 
blades impacts the underside of the hood.  In 25+ years of Alfa's, my 
Spider hoods have remained ding-free, but I always keep my motor mounts in 
good repair, always have a sump guard in place, and usually stiffen up the 
suspension.

I'm aware of all the arguments pro/con for the sump guard, but the one on 
my lowered '74 Spider seemingly has saved the oil pan enough times to 
justify its existence to me.  It rarely hits pavement, though, as the 
Bilsteins have just about eliminated any suspension travel the Spider used 
to have.  Koni's next time.

Regards,

Dean


At 04:16 PM 7/25/2004, you wrote:

> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:47:41 -0400
> From: "Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: re [alfa] Carbon fiber Spider hoods
>
> Please tell us what causd the "upward ding" so that we can prevent it
> happening in our cars ;-)
>
> Gwynne Spencer
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