UncleMaz

Happy New Year!

My lock has had it. I guess I could always replace the lock and latching mechanism with another. However and quite frankly, I am tired of those wonky hatch bolts and latches and am ready for a more racing and user friendly version.

I have a friend running these: http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tp...action=product

From a list of these: http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?tp...ction=category

Anyone running any of these or others? Any recommendations? TIA Michael

V2Rocket

for a while now i have thought about trying to fit a pair of standard trunk latches to the 944, i imagine it would work with some modding.

UncleMaz

I would imagine the lower/body/female end would not be much an issue, but what are you thinking on the hatch itself? There is not much metal to pin something to at the center of the hatch.

V2Rocket

well the male end wouldnt need to be much. id probably use a setup that has the latch in the female side, and the male end is basically just a metal u loop that gets caught. you could probably make something to use the existing bolt holes where the pins attach.

and i didnt mean at the middle i meant one per side in the existing locations, just a better solution for keeping the hatch closed than loose pins and lobster claws. the trunk on my mazda never jumps or rattles when i hit a big bump.
and i would bet that the stock key-lever-pushrod setup could still be used.

genikz

Michael, I forgot to mention, Joe has since safety wired his hatch down, from the inside. I think he was worried about the car going backwards at high speed and the air catching the underside of the spoiler and overpowering the latches.

He can chime in next weekend in person.

UncleMaz

Cool. Thanks Chris. Spencer, I am ready for your hatch solution.

In the meantime, I found this thread in the race forum: https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...m-options.html

V2Rocket

it is way down the project list but if the time comes i will make a thread

genikz

Michael, I really like the solution that Eric shows on the bottom of page 1 of that thread.

UncleMaz

Me too. I also emailed the Cup Daddy in the hopes of seeing his methods as well.