Reverse Cowl Hood Finally Painted
11-02-2003, 08:27 PM
#15
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 161
this is the deal with that hood....it was my prototype that i had made...i made the mold....mold got screwed up and somehow my plug had also been damaged beyond repair so i had to make that hood out of the bad mold and thats why it looks decent but a few trouble spots so i started over..made a clean mold of an na hood with a mold of the same scoop then I glass it in......im soon making something similar to the RE hood as well and i will post pics of another hood out of my new mold this week with the underside as well
11-02-2003, 08:49 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
Originally Posted by 75 Repu' date='Nov 2 2003, 06:34 PM
looks good.. what material? Fiberglass or Carbon fiber?
11-02-2003, 11:26 PM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: LA, USA
Posts: 1,622
Originally Posted by teknics' date='Nov 2 2003, 04:49 AM
i think it needs like more of a "leading up to the scoop" kinda thing, like the bulge sorta just goes flat hood BAM bulge for scoop.
sorta the effect throwing a rock through the bottom of your hood would cause.
a gradually increasing slope to the scoop would be mucho better.
kevin.
sorta the effect throwing a rock through the bottom of your hood would cause.
a gradually increasing slope to the scoop would be mucho better.
kevin.
11-04-2003, 12:11 AM
#18
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 161
yes the corners are rounded on that particular hood.....made the mistake of standing the thing up on the corners too many times......Im making a few more of these hoods and i sell them for 425 a shot but im changing up to a new design.....this was my first experiment with shaping and now i want to try something very similar to the knightsports FD hood for an fc and still sell it for the same price but im also itching to make the front end that i am wanting to do.....anyhow..ill post more pics later as i go..
11-04-2003, 03:33 AM
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 448
Originally Posted by Cheers!' date='Nov 2 2003, 06:49 PM
carbon fibre is fireglass... they just use a clear epoxy resisn on the last layer and use carbon fibre texture fibreglass weave.
And to Answer teh question about which fiber, I believe that dltreezan said they are made out of fiberglass.
Hey dltreezan, are you making these hoods in Oregon? If so I should come down and check them out.
