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Originally Posted by extrashaky
At least twin owners mount their aftermarket hoods properly. In my other life in the Jeep community, a lot of Cherokee owners think venting the engine bay will relieve engine overheating issues (it doesn't), but they don't want to cut into their hoods. Instead, they install spacers on the hinges to open the back of the engine bay as shown below. I feel like it's a miracle we haven't yet had a decapitation.
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My 58 Ford hood opened backwards and with it's lack of two catches and tendency to lift a bit at speed it always sort of worried me. No crumple zones or bend points meant it was coming right through the windshield in the event of a crash.
