Jim bailey - 928 International

Keep the inside latch it is NICE to know that curious people can not just pop the pins and look at your engine.... race cars attract attention.

icsmike

Yeah, wow if its the black 85 then thats a pretty good looking extrerior.

Rodscobra

LOL!! Pretty nasty eh

Rodscobra

I bought the car in august from a local fellow, I didn't know anything about 928's but the price was right and the car looked surprisingly nice from the outside, I decided I wanted to fix up the tired interior, powder coat the intake, cam covers and change vacum lines spark plug leads etc. And maybe ad a few race car touches, its sort of morphed into a semi blown restoration, I drive the car everyday even in the striped condition pictured and have really learned to appreciate and love the car!! The build quality is great unlike some other makes, the doors close with a nice thunk and the chassis is squeak free! OEM parts seem to be expensive are really the only down side to ownership, I hope not to offend the porsche Gods!

I will take to heart the Hood pin comments. I thought they looked good on the race car 928's I have seen in other posts and wanted that same look.

thanks guy's
Rod

Rodscobra

Powder coated intake and cam covers with Nology wires

mark kibort

I have them, only because they were a requirement for Speed GT World Challenge. however, the main reason you want them, is that in a fire, the hood cable melts and then, guess what? You cant open the hood to put the fire out and the car burns to the ground. The stock hood mechanism is more than able to handle top speeds of 200+mph. If you ever crash, pull the hood lever, before it melts.



MK

SharkSkin

Looks nice! Glad we talked you out of the hood pins. I for one don't like them on any car, on a 928 though... sacrilege!

Black Sea RD

I wrestled with this myself with my track car. To drill the hood or not.

Then one track day I took an off road excursion and wound up on track again with my gas pedal not operating the engine. Knew the throttle linkage probably popped off the pivot point on the 1986.5 throttle mechanism. (Sound familiar Mark A.?) I reached down to pop the hood release and the darn thing broke in my hand. I had to get towed off the track. As I was sitting in my car behind the tow truck, I made up my mind that I would be installing hood pins when I got back home!

If your 928 will not be driven on the road much then go for it. You can lose a bit of weight removing all of the hood release mechanisms and cable. There are a few different hood pin types and I opted to copy what Porsche is using on their Cup Cars. As I was doing my research I found Porsche uses steel pins for the front hood and aluminum pins for the rear hatch. Probably for extra strength due to the wind force effects at speed on the front hood and possible long term fatigue of aluminum pins.

Take your time marking your locations and drilling through the hood. I used a dremel tool to clean up the hole edges underneath and I masked and painted the now exposed areas where the hatch mechanisms were removed. You have to drill out the bottom hatch receptacle rivets and paint the area again. I also put rubber covers over the top hood bolts to cover them up and protect my skull when I go in the engine bay. Did not want to cut them off since I might want to put it back in one day. Once you cut them off it would be almost impossible to put them back in.

Good luck,
Constantine

the flyin' scotsman

Rod..............your hood looks in good shape so perhaps you'd consider exchanging it with a fellow 'Lister who has one slightly scratched?

Long story but there is a fellow Alberta 928 owner who lost his hood one day; fell off while driving slow speed. My thinking is you guys could do a swap with whatever else is required; he gets a good hood, you get one that drilling holes into would be so bad.

Let me know if your interested and I'll get you in touch with him.

Benton

My release broke while I was stripping the interior. I wouldn't do it on a street car, but on a race car it is a good idea.

SwayBar

I think they look okay; here's Ronn's GT racecar:

mark kibort

Here are mine. However, i probably wouldnt show the underside of the hood to you!

Mk

Drewster67

Ive been wanting a set for my track car for sometime now and Mark hit the bullseye dead on. Hood Pins are a must for a track car.

T_MaX

They look great, but will defeat the purpose of weight savings!

DonT

Chris Lockhart's former car...