djessence

You asked for our opinions, aussiemg provided one, even attached in my humble opinion and you attack him? Hmm, something wrong with that picture.

and im pretty sure no one has over a thousand posts in 35 years. And if you were, idno trying to insult trochoid and quoted the wrong ****** person maybe you should read through some of his threads. He is one of the more (maybe one of the most) helpful and knowledgeable people in the first gen section. And knows quite alot about 2nd gens to boot.

So maybe you should think about who you are insulting because when you ask for opinoinsor advice (or maybe you know everything so dont need it) people will be less likely to contribute.

joecoolly14

^^^^^^ +1

dj55b

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My finger nails get grease under them pretty much everyday, either from my car or friends ....

FBsliderseven

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the reverse hood does make it easier to work on the car.
you have way more clearance plus it looks cooler when you open the hood.
dont start flaming everyone here, they are just trying to help you out and give you their honest opinion. this is by far one of the better sections on the forums.
if you feel so compelled to have the hood going up the other way do it. maybe you will inspire other members to consider the mod.

mxd

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the hood is backwards so it doesnt get blown open by the high pressure that builds up under the hood. The latch is a one hook deal too, their is not a safety latch to catch it once the primary hook fails.

I suggest when you reverse your hoods latching properties, that you get an alternative latch system to keep it safe. 2hooks. hoodpins.. etc

dj55b

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I think people love it more when they look under my hood and be like "What you have a rack and pinion?", or "You've got a computer built in the car to tune it?" things that are practical and functional

blackdeath647

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first of all, quit being such a dumbass, if you asked for opinions you should have expected some comments that don't agree with your train of thought.

second of all...why? because you wanna be different?
it's gonna take way more work than you think, you're gonna have to first of all take everything off, then remount everything where you want it, which includes trimming the hood supports to allow the hood to open the other way and also adding supports in the front then extending the release cable... adding some sort of safety catch just in case...too much work for no efficiency gains


last but not least, it's not "cooler" how many times have you popped a car's hood and had someone said "ooh your hood opens regularly, that's awesome!!" ..... exactly.

Bridgeport_Turbo

See now people are starting to give acual ideas and opinions. The only time I realy started to get mad and fight back whas when they come in and start bashing my spelling sor stupid stuff like that. I do want to hear what you have to say just dont be a**holes about it. Look I put this up to see what you had to say so far he has been the only one to give me a logicle reaso.

old_skool

that, and you seem to be a douche.

elwood

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Yes, this was the prevailing logic a long time ago. Then modern crash testing and crash scene investigations led the OEMs (by now, just about all of them) to change to front opening hoods. Why? If the latch on a rearward opening hood fails in a frontal impact, the hood can become a guillotine. There are bend initiators mid hood, but they will only work if the latch holds -- and that's a tough thing to guarantee. BMW used a system of dual latches on their rearward opening hoods, but eventually they, too gave into the safety mavens.

For this reason alone, I wouldn't drive anywhere with the hood unlatched.

BTW -- if a forward opening hood pops open, it's not really so bad. If you can get past the alarm of it happening, there's a fairly large gap you can see through beneath the lower edge of the hood. I know -- it happened to me on the highway.

racer x7

I've bought some mustangs that the hood has opened on the highway, and it's a pile of stupid money and time to fix the dents, dings, and plastic. The forward tilting hood is what it is. People don't buy an old volkswagen beetle and be like wtf? why is the engine in the back? Do what you want it's your car, but if it's that big a deal, just buy a second gen.

Naegleria_Fowleri

The guy you commented towards in this manner has raced rotaries, and even if he doesn't own a rotary now, knows more about the first gen Rx7 than you probably ever will. There is absolutely no need to attack him whatsoever.

Also, it wouldn't be that hard to come up with 1,000 posts in a matter of a month if you wanted to. That holding true, that gives you eleven more months in the year to work on whatever you wanted to. When you put that into perspective, you're kind of making yourself look like an idiot here.

I can't entirely agree with Steve on this one. Performance value is one great reason to modify something, another is efficiency. If something works in a more efficient manner, it makes sense to modify it to that (and that goes beyond performance). This hood modification does neither of those. The way the hood pops makes everything extremely easy to get to in the engine bay. No reason in the world to ruin that.

Slammed_GSL

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Ok I found the pic of the ultimate front end/hod mod, if I had the money I would do this mod in a heartbeat.
Check it o0ut.

Dave Meyers

I like the reverse hood because it is different. I like the whole rx7 because it is different, what with the rotary and all. My IHC Scout II has a reverse hood also. The hood makes it different, and so does being an IH. I feel safer in a reverse hood vehicle, especially when they are 25 or 35 years old. Parts rust, hood latches rust and fail. My wife's Jeep GC hood flew open at about 35 mph, the car needed a new hood and hinges. It was the fault of the body shop who just "finished" work on the truck. It is frightening.

PercentSevenC

I really fail to see the point. The reversed hood is more practical and better-looking. Also, at least learn some manners, if you can't learn English.

DivinDriver

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If you really want to be different, make it hinge to the right side like a grand piano. That way, it produces shade for you while you work on it, and it can only pop open if you spin to the left at better than a gee... and it won't hit anything.

Paint it glossy black, and call it "FrankenSteinway."

Now, that would be different.

It's not being "different" to make it open exactly the same as the vast majority of cars.

rotordave

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Why? The bonnet opens from the front for extra safety, and makes it easier to work in the engine bay.

Eriks85Rx7

do what you like but its not going to be realized by any normal car enthusiasts as a cool thing. The rotary owners will be asking why did you go through all the trouble of re engineering a perfectly sweet hood from factory.

Ovid213

<has grease under fingernails
I think it would be a difficult mod. Our rx-7 hoods are not all that strong in the first place, and so setting up a hinge system on the back, where the structural strength seems to be the least, would either require adding metal or result quickly in a deformed hood. This is not to flame you, do whatever you like, I just think it would be a difficult process for little actual gain. The nose cone on our cars sticks out another good foot or so beyond the hood, so making the engine bay accessible only from the front might make you enjoy working on the car somewhat less also.

tasty danish

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most of us with grease under our nails spend too much time with turbo's and coil-overs to worry about something useless like this.