Track whores!! - show us your bonnet restraint!

[Ronin 09]

Hi guys, having been off work for the last 2 days from illness, and generally going mad watching day time TV, I sat down and devised what I think is a good secondary bonnet restraint for track days.

Basically, one end is hooked into the bonnet in holes next to the bonnet latch. The wire is secured through two washers, one of which has a few holes drilled through. The wire is threaded through as in the pics, and a bolt holds the two washers together. The end that attaches to the bonnet is secured with a wing nut, to aid getting the thing on and off.

The other end of the strap is configured in the same manner, only it is secured by a nut rather than a wing nut. This end is hooked onto one of your tow hooks via a carabena.

If anyone wants them I can supply without the carabena for $15 or so

Tell me what you think or show me what you've got!

Cheers

[GTRgeoff]

http://www.aerocatch.com/

I'll take pics of my setup tomorrow with the wire rope as an alternative.

[Sarumatix]

For those of us who still have no clue how this works and for what.. can you explain further?

[Ronin 09]

For those of us who still have no clue how this works and for what.. can you explain further?

Basically, when you hit the track, you are almost always required to have a secondary bonnet restraint apart from your ordinary latch.

Bonnet pins are an option, but for a street car they are illegal (protrusions) and defectable.

The restraints I was previously using were difficult to use, so I thought this was a better solution.

When you open your bonnet, there are a series of holes on either side of the bonnet latch. For this restraint, you undo the end with the wing nut, open the end of the hook and thread it through two of these holes. The reassemble through the washer and fasten down the cable with the wing nut.

When you close the bonnet, the restraint will drop down in front of the radiator, then you just latch the other end of the restraint to one of the tow hooks using the carabena

Too easy

[Ronin 09]

http://www.aerocatch.com/

I'll take pics of my setup tomorrow with the wire rope as an alternative.

not tomorrow, now dammit, now!

[Kel]

Strange but true- we've gotten away with using one of those webbed belts you pick up at Just Jeans for about 10 bucks

[GTRgeoff]

And at one track day I saw the scrutineers pass a 10mm web lanyard for an ID pass, that was connected to the plastic grill insert on an Astra.

[Ronin 09]

well Geoff?... whereisthey?

[Dahtone Racing]

yea i wanna see too

[GTRgeoff]

Here, get this up ya's, impatient buggers.

I used nylon coated steel wire rope of about 5 mm diameter using bulldog clamps on each loop. Then a stainless crab to join.

I will be installing the aerocatches when Nelly isn't looking ....shhh

[Roy]

I can see part of someones new IC-TB pipe:)

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/at...achmentid=33542

What i cant see is the extra pipes on the exhaust side:)

[GTRgeoff]

It's a bit congested over there, what with custom piping for the twin snails. Nice wrap on the pipe though.

[Ronin 09]

That's what I was running, but found that my bonnet wouldn't shut properly... and basically the one denham made for my car was too short - so to get in there and do it up you needed hands of a gypsie / pikie...

ps show us the turb's side!!

[GTRgeoff]

OK here's a few lil' pics, and a known RB20 torturing scumbag!

Threw in the front one to show off the new bar

[Ronin 09]

noice... how many cans of WD40 died to fix the Roy's beast

[GTRgeoff]

Still cleaning them up, about 5 so far!!

[Al]

Ronin 09: The restraints that Geoff has shown you have been used on Archie's silver R32 GTR and it opened and shut fine. You do need to leave a little slack to reach in. The restaints are not there to stop the bonnet opening, they are only ment to stop the bonnet from hitting the windscreen and covering your vision. So having the restaints long enough to open the bonnet about 40cm should be perfect.

[Duncan]

Strange but true- we've gotten away with using one of those webbed belts you pick up at Just Jeans for about 10 bucks

hehehe works on rental cars too.

i used a piece of boring old hemp rope at bathurst a few years back too

It doesn't have to be sexy, hell it may not even have to work....just has to be there.

[Roy]

Hey , i hadnt seen these photos:)

The twin setup looks good, see that tape came in handy:thumbsup:

... and the new GTR bar... fark it you were so close to getting the thing to the track with grunt, susp, cooling and borrowed rubber:)

Will you still be around for Sandown in June, only i wont have any spare rubber to lend you, im using it like its going out of style:(

And who is that Malboro esq, stunning hunk of man meat....he must do all right with the girls:)

[GTRgeoff]

Still not getting time for the car but I do intend to be here in June. May even have the wheels and rubber by then but a big thanks for the offer for Calder, just wish I'd got there.

That bar has come off to remake the mould and my new/replacement one is supposed to be Kevlar, with a vented Kevlar bonnet and maybe an undertray and splitter with Kevlar guards coming later. Mine is meant to be the demo car, but the guy making them was in a prang on the weekend where he broke his collarbone so a bit of a wait on the stuff.

As for the marlboro man....last sighted at Sandown grinning from ear to ear.