2nd Generation Specific 1986-1992 Discussion

Reverse Cowl Hood Finally Painted

Old Nov 2, 2003 | 05:32 PM
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heres another
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 05:34 PM
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looks good.. what material? Fiberglass or Carbon fiber?
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 05:35 PM
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oh yeah.. is it me or do the rear corners look rounded..?
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 05:54 PM
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That's pretty decent.
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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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
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 75 Repu' date='Nov 2 2003, 06:34 PM
looks good.. what material? Fiberglass or Carbon fiber?
carbon fibre is fireglass... they just use a clear epoxy resisn on the last layer and use carbon fibre texture fibreglass weave.
Old Nov 2, 2003 | 11:26 PM
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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.
I agree, maybe make the hole deeper and the top loop over more.
Old Nov 4, 2003 | 12:11 AM
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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..
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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 03:33 AM
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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.
What are you trying to say? If you think that carbon fiber is in anyway fiberglass you are mistaken. If you are talking about the way most CF hoods are made, they just make the last layer of the laminate carbon fiber.

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.
Old Nov 4, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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Looks good, can i have one pleasssssse.

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