Cruisin' another board I discovered that you can open the Subaru hood to a complete upright position! The hood prop can be removed from the front of the engine compartment and positioned into a hole in the front of the passenger side strut tower (covered with a plug on some models). Darn handy especially when working towards the rear of the engine.

we like to call that the engine removal position. it makes it so much better to do stuff under the hood with it up like that

 

-mike

I like to call it no more damn head bangin' and cussin' position.

If you use a socket set (metric) you can achieve what I call the "hood gone" feature. Tons of room and no pesky rod in your way. Lots of light gets in too.

 

Hope this helps.

but then you have to realign the hood and all that crap

I was just kiding..I would only do that if yanking the engine.

Love this feature. However, no-one has mentioned another major advantage:

 

It's a Mercedes competitive feature, so when someone is dissing Subarus you can mention that only Benz and Sube hoods can do this!

 

I also like to declare that I want a car with a boxer engine and four-wheel-drive. My wallet makes the Porsche vs. Subaru decision!

 

By the way, get your hands on the previous model S-Class Benz and open the hood to 90 degrees. HOLY SMOKE! It's like standing next to a high rise building, the hood is SO long!

WARNING: Never use the aforementioned hood position while driving as it will severely and adversely affect aerodynamics and increase gas consumption.

yeah it's a nice feature. here's a pic from the donor car

 

http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/images/swap/02/DCP_3065.JPG

WARNING: Never use the aforementioned hood position while driving as it will severely and adversely affect aerodynamics and increase gas consumption.

I put a plexiglass window just in the center of the hood on my car and rigged the hood latch with a special spring and cable release. I use it as an emergency brake when there's ice on the road.

Honest!

I think my 94 Acura integra had the ful open hood as well. I am pretty sure most Hondas have it as well (Honda=acura).