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Originally Posted by grayone
hi Ive got the bonnet hinged but not really happy with it doesn't work very well,is that the boot hinge in your pic ? does it work properly ?
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Hi Grahame and Nick
My intention when designing the MX250 kit was to reuse as many parts from the base MX5 as possible to save the customer money, but the limitations of the repositioned hinges has become apparent. They will work, as seen on our demo cars, but I will freely admit that the bonnet hinges give only limited access (about 45 degrees of opening) to the engine bay. The revised option of using modified boot hinges on the bonnet has been written on our production board in the workshop for about 3 months now, you know how other things take over!!
This is the plan, or rather a section through the bonnet/slam panel:
They will require pockets to be cut out of the GRP return inside the engine bay.
They will bolt to the slam panel where it narrows, as shown here:
The hinges will require modifiying and I will be offering them on an exchange basis as part of the kit. I will post up some pictures after we are back in the workshop on 2nd January.