question on hood spacers

[big mac]

i need to put on hood spacers on my eg bc my waste gate hits my hood. what would be the best way to do the spacers?

[Theycall_Metue]

hood scoop lol

[big mac]

ummmmm. no

[KevinT707]

Yeah I'm in the same boat as you except my valve cover hits my hood.

I used extended bolts, and then put them through a short-well socket. So take the OE bolt that holds the hood onto the latch into Home Depot, then figure out what size/thread it is. Get bolts that are about 1.5"-2" (if they're too long when bolting up then put a washer or 2, but you should be fine).

[Starrfire]

^^^how much does it hit your hood by? You might be able to shim your engine down a little.

But to the Op, it would take a lot at the back to do very little at the front of the hood. I have my hood spaced on one of my hatches because I have an h2b, not because I want to.

[big mac]

yeah man i am not doing this bc i like how it looks but bc i have to. well im hoping that it will be enought tp clear it

[oneSLOWex]

You can only space the back.....wont the front still make contact?

[big mac]

my thoughts are that if a raise the baack like 2 inch or so the wastegate will one be touching the hood. not putting pressure on it when it is closed

[oneSLOWex]

my thoughts are that if a raise the baack like 2 inch or so the wastegate will one be touching the hood. not putting pressure on it when it is closed

The waste gate is so close to the latch it doesn't seem like that would work though. Wont be wasting much money though if it doesn't work.

[big mac]

Yeah I understand what you are saying but it's wirtha shot.

[Civictyper95]

this lists what you need and probably the cheapest way...
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2107241
I did the same thing GL :goodjob:

[jdm>usdm]

Yeah when I had spacers, I just used some old skate board wheel bearings I had laying around along with some extended bolts from ace.lol

[Starrfire]

Or you could just get an elbow for your waste gate and turn it 90 degrees away from where its going.

[punkr6]

Or you could just get an elbow for your waste gate and turn it 90 degrees away from where its going.

THIS...

[TSiFTW]

Or you could just get an elbow for your waste gate and turn it 90 degrees away from where its going.

LOL. I was gonna say or fix your wastegate. So yeah. This^^

[big mac]

It would be more to do that. And I'm trying to save for pant man. I really not to worried bout the hood being propped

[oneSLOWex]

It would be more to do that. And I'm trying to save for pant man. I really not to worried bout the hood being propped

That shit looks retarded though

[PURP]

That shit looks retarded though

What she said

[oneSLOWex]

What she said

:idb:?

[NoWAyItZTOMmY]

That shit looks retarded though

but its JDM! lol


got any pictures? u can shim the motor down like starrfire said, if its only by a little. 2" spaced is kinda retarded, i try to cut mine down a bit for clearence.