My New Hood..
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aluminum fc turbo hoods are roughly 35lbs
whereas the carbon fiber hoods available are around 25lbs
not cost effective in comparison with the weight savings versus cost...
10lb reduction for 600 bucks...this reduction can be achieved elsewhere..
and at most likely no cost..
whereas the carbon fiber hoods available are around 25lbs
not cost effective in comparison with the weight savings versus cost...
10lb reduction for 600 bucks...this reduction can be achieved elsewhere..
and at most likely no cost..
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Originally Posted by cmartinp28' date='Apr 9 2003, 08:48 PM
i like that hood!!!! dave is your mazdaspeed original?
benny is that a complete cf hood or a stock hood covered in CF?
benny is that a complete cf hood or a stock hood covered in CF?
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i believe the hood came from VIS racing. they also make a knightsport replica in CF. there is a guy in houston, doing a group buy on them for 475!! if you want, i can email you his email addy. i would have gotten the KS hood, but the dude didnt tell me anything till TODAY.. all late n **** 
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im just not a CF fan. I feel it looks unfinished, Ill stick to my painted
hood on my FC. On a FD with some mods a CF hood is kind of the icing
on the cake, but even then I would probably opt for a painted version.
Those FC3s hoods are only CF on the top, then the rest of it is fiberglass anyhow, so basically its a "hey look at my hood" type of deal.
Plus its a chopper gun FG method, nothing compared to hand laid and rolled out. If those hoods were handlaid you could drop the weight a few pounds as you could roll out all the excess resin and fully regulate how thick the hood was. Chopper gun is a cheap way of doing FG. You get what you pay for.
hood on my FC. On a FD with some mods a CF hood is kind of the icing
on the cake, but even then I would probably opt for a painted version.
Those FC3s hoods are only CF on the top, then the rest of it is fiberglass anyhow, so basically its a "hey look at my hood" type of deal.
Plus its a chopper gun FG method, nothing compared to hand laid and rolled out. If those hoods were handlaid you could drop the weight a few pounds as you could roll out all the excess resin and fully regulate how thick the hood was. Chopper gun is a cheap way of doing FG. You get what you pay for.
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Apr 12 2003, 02:56 PM
im just not a CF fan. I feel it looks unfinished, Ill stick to my painted
hood on my FC. On a FD with some mods a CF hood is kind of the icing
on the cake, but even then I would probably opt for a painted version.
Those FC3s hoods are only CF on the top, then the rest of it is fiberglass anyhow, so basically its a "hey look at my hood" type of deal.
Plus its a chopper gun FG method, nothing compared to hand laid and rolled out. If those hoods were handlaid you could drop the weight a few pounds as you could roll out all the excess resin and fully regulate how thick the hood was. Chopper gun is a cheap way of doing FG. You get what you pay for.
hood on my FC. On a FD with some mods a CF hood is kind of the icing
on the cake, but even then I would probably opt for a painted version.
Those FC3s hoods are only CF on the top, then the rest of it is fiberglass anyhow, so basically its a "hey look at my hood" type of deal.
Plus its a chopper gun FG method, nothing compared to hand laid and rolled out. If those hoods were handlaid you could drop the weight a few pounds as you could roll out all the excess resin and fully regulate how thick the hood was. Chopper gun is a cheap way of doing FG. You get what you pay for.
Pre-preg CF = MUCH DINERO
Wet- Laid CF = Hard to make right unless you know exactly what you're doing.
