[dustt31]

ok guys, quick question, i figured id post it here cause im not sure where. Anyway, I have my hood off right now and just painted it..... problem is, it wont dry fast enough for me to get it back on by tonight! and i got school tommorow morning!.... yes you can call me a bonehead....hil:

What I need to know is does any one know if it will be okay to have it off for tonight, and to drive it (on the highway @ 80!, maybe i should keep the speed down) tommorow to school w/o a hood. My main concern is water, because it gets pretty damp and dewy at night around here in South Florida. Like I remember one time I washed the engine compartment, and when I went to drive it, the wipers kept fliking on so i had to pull the fuse, but it stopped after it dried out I think. I was thinking i could probly throw a tarp on it to help at night, then pull it off in the morning when I go to drive it, but what about the highway wind speed, as most my trip is on I-95. Someone please Help me with this!

 

[NCHEVYHEVN]

It should be fine. And throwing the tarp on is a good idea. Plus think of all the freaking power your gonna get with the hood off. That little 2.2 will be screaming. May have to throw slicks on it just catch traction. :haha:

 

[CommanderKidUT]

ok guys, quick question, i figured id post it here cause im not sure where. Anyway, I have my hood off right now and just painted it..... problem is, it wont dry fast enough for me to get it back on by tonight! and i got school tommorow morning!.... yes you can call me a bonehead....hil:

What I need to know is does any one know if it will be okay to have it off for tonight, and to drive it (on the highway @ 80!, maybe i should keep the speed down) tommorow to school w/o a hood. My main concern is water, because it gets pretty damp and dewy at night around here in South Florida. Like I remember one time I washed the engine compartment, and when I went to drive it, the wipers kept fliking on so i had to pull the fuse, but it stopped after it dried out I think. I was thinking i could probly throw a tarp on it to help at night, then pull it off in the morning when I go to drive it, but what about the highway wind speed, as most my trip is on I-95. Someone please Help me with this!

ive never seen it done! but i think that it would be HILLARIOUS!:haha: if i was driving it i would be laughing the whole way. no offense at all....im just like that

 

[dustt31]

i love :bowdown:s10forum:bowdown:!!!! less than 5 minutes and i get an answer!!! :nuts:

damn right, :burnout: all that power!

so, any bodyelses opinion?

 

[Phontain]

ive seen a couple cars drive around without hoods.
granted, they were all pieces of shit.

 

[zibzer]

when you get to school tell your m8s you sold it for gas money that would be hilarious

 

[hutchS-10]

most cars I see like that are asians with shit rice...lol but yes do it man and take pics lol

 

[dustt31]

I should make the airfilter stick strait up into the wind

Take that ram air!

 

[dropped94]

it should be fine I used to have a 78 malibu that during the early tuning stages I drove it around alot with out a hood and the v8 loved it :tup:

 

[dustt31]

haha, took care of "getto ram air", ill take pics when i get my camera back from my dads office tommorow for a laugh... good thing hes out of town, cause he would kick my ass.....

dropped94, thats cool, i got a 79 malibu with a 396, th400, 9-inch, 12.50 mickeys, and all i got left is the interior and body and someother ramdom stuff, hopefully done and in the 11s soon, but it might be one shot cause it aint got a cage and not gonna get one... its a street car ::wink wink::

 

[loweredime]

it is only illegal untell you get cought. so runn it is a safety issue with the hood off
(not like i care just informing you so the man dosent catch you)

 

[dustt31]

drove today, got the hood on now. no problems, and no i dont have pics, but i got alot of looks and couldnt stop laughing my ass off. and i think its legal to drive without a hood in florida. but i could be wrong.

 

[superunknownmoto]

I've driven my V-8 S-10 around with no hood on it lots of times and no one has ever said a thing about it being illegal.

Of course, maybe they just couldn't catch me.

 

[bmxbang]

yeah im pretty sure its illegal here in MO but man glad you didnt get into any truble

 

[LOW-LIFE]

drove today, got the hood on now. no problems, and no i dont have pics, but i got alot of looks and couldnt stop laughing my ass off. and i think its legal to drive without a hood in florida. but i could be wrong.

not illegal in texas.

im gonna have to do it to on mine (will be rollin full primer and no hood) cause damn think got broke when it smashed my window.

 

[1fast4by]

Its not illegal, and as long as you arent driving through a rain storm, you'll be jusst fine, at any speed

 

[larstrak]

haha, i drove with no hood for 2.5 hours to go pickup my new hood

i got lots of looks too, and no it didnt hurt anything. just alot of wind noise on the 80mph highway

 

[turtle488]

i drove for a few days last week without my hood. i had the air filter pointed up like a snorkle with a cone filter on the end of it. i drove it to school like that and everyone made fun of me for it. o well

 

[truckinjeff]

A little rain and dew wouldn't hurt anything under the hood. I've seen people completely submerge their front ends under water and no harm came to the engine or any of the electrical components under the hood.