rubbing hood

i have a 4inch cowl hood .fiberglass,,,and now the novi 1000 is rubbing it ...sounds like crap....and of you guys have this problem,,i raised the adjusting screws in the front and tried simming up the hinges still no luck

Did you clock the blower?

You have to loosen the bolts around the case and push down to move it away from the hood.

Ian

didnt know i could move it once the bolts were tighned down. imean i thought the holes are made for one spot ....can you give me a hint on how to do it with out messing anything up...thanks

To be honest I dont know if you can clock the blower while its on the car.

If you look at the front of the blower you will see some little gold tabs shaped like triangles with small bolts going through them i think the heads are 7/16.

if you loosen them you will be able to rotate the outlet of the blower.

The blower is two halves that are a machined fit so it can be a little tight to turn.

I do not think you will be able to do it with the head unit on the car though as some of the bolts are very hard to get at.

I may be wrong take a good look at it and be careful not to loose any of the bolts.


There should be more replys on this everyone with a mustang should of had this problem but alot of us knew about it before we tighten anything down.

Can't do it with it in the car, there's 2 bolts on the underside that are unaccessable with the assembly in the car. Hate to tell ya, but you'll have to remove the head unit to clock it.

do you know how far to move it..since the bottom has that oil return feed going to the opil pan..and its pretty close now...so how far can you move it....just take a guess...i know that you cant see my application but you know what i mean...thanks

Move it as far as you can. Mine moved a couple inches. It doesn't sound like much but it makes all the difference in the world. Before I clocked the blower, my hood wouldn't come close to closing. After, it closes without a problem!

clocking the blower will not have any ill-effect on the oil return as the oil return will not move when you clock the blower. You'll see what I mean when ya do it.

i guess as for how far to move it vairies on every car huh...did you have to clock yours? if so how far did you clock it?

Mine rotated about an inch or so.

so this is a common problem ...most have to clock it when it comes right out of the box right? looks that way...

Yea I think most people have to clock their blower. Just clock it as far as you can and it should clear your hood no problem.

can you give me any tips on how to do it without messing the head up..like using wd-40? oil to make the adjustment easier or just use elbow grease? thanks

just loosen those bolts that are holding the gold triangle things, then just clock the discharge of the blower. You don't need WD-40 or even any elbow grease. It moves very easily.

thank you my gut dont feel so bad now...but mine are a aluminum cloror..i guess those are the same thing lol

I had to clock mine. Kinda tuff to get my 2k to budge! Kelly at paxton said you can't hurt anything clocking the blower, so don't be shy. It's kinda like foolin around with a girl for the first time. Neither one of you know what to do, but once you get used to it everything gets real easy and alot more fun. :)

Brandon

nice way of putting it....kinda scarey messing with it..after all it is 7 days old...lol..my son thought it was funny when he was pissed at me for something and pried the knob off that says void warranty if remover =(...but the bolt hasnt been touched,oh well guess im screwed there

worked like a charm..not hard at all and now i dont get that nasty noise it makes when it rubs the hood at a light...lol...thanks guys...i also put a oil breather on the fill on the valve cover...and siliconed my pvc vlve in the retainer...hope this helps....got a 255 fuel pump on the way =)... and a 6.5 crank pulley from an f-150....im going to go honda hunting =)~

Glad it worked out for ya!! Seeing as someone was kind enuf to remove the "do not remove" cap, may as well throw a smaller pulley on there, lol.

thats what i was thinking about doing lol...will the alternator pulley the kit comes with fit on the s/c ? same amount of ribs on it..let me know what you think =)

Have no clue if that'll work, maybe someone else can chime in.

LOL I would have to say no, if you could ASP would be out of business, and every bone yard in the world would be out of alternator pulleys :p

Ian

what kind of pully can you put on the head itself? and where can you get it,,,what size is it?