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2020+ Shelby GT500 Mustang
Anyone else frustrated with Ford over the next GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 16105002" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>I was waiting for someone to ask that question. Since Ford has been reluctant to show the car with the hood up yet I had to do some digging. I found this buried and almost missed it...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544845[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Note that it says "<em>a </em>mount for <em>a </em>gas shock for the hood." In other words, only one gas shock or strut to hold the hood up.</p><p></p><p>I then went back through the GT500 STB patent and noticed a ball end fitting on one side of the STB. Look closely at the bottom view...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544846[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544847[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The above area I highlighted in red has to be it.</p><p></p><p>A wild ass guess as to where the other end of the strut will attach (forget the typical aftermarket hood strut locations for a moment if you can). Note the black bracket to the right side of the large center opening, little higher than halfway up the hood. There is a corresponding indentation in the way the SMC was molded and you don't see a mirror image of it on the other side of the center opening. It would make sense to try to cant the strut inward towards the center of the hood for more even support of the hood versus pinning it along the outside edge<em> if there is only going to be one strut.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544850[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 16105002, member: 83412"] I was waiting for someone to ask that question. Since Ford has been reluctant to show the car with the hood up yet I had to do some digging. I found this buried and almost missed it... [ATTACH=full]1544845[/ATTACH] Note that it says "[i]a [/i]mount for [i]a [/i]gas shock for the hood." In other words, only one gas shock or strut to hold the hood up. I then went back through the GT500 STB patent and noticed a ball end fitting on one side of the STB. Look closely at the bottom view... [ATTACH=full]1544846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1544847[/ATTACH] The above area I highlighted in red has to be it. A wild ass guess as to where the other end of the strut will attach (forget the typical aftermarket hood strut locations for a moment if you can). Note the black bracket to the right side of the large center opening, little higher than halfway up the hood. There is a corresponding indentation in the way the SMC was molded and you don't see a mirror image of it on the other side of the center opening. It would make sense to try to cant the strut inward towards the center of the hood for more even support of the hood versus pinning it along the outside edge[i] if there is only going to be one strut. [/i] [ATTACH=full]1544850[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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