I'll take one that has the bubles too I can do all my own body work. bondo is my friend!!!! come check out my project. www.cardomain.com and look for the rx-7 with the description of: C&S Racings first project.
Have many pics take a look.

 

*AOL MODE ON* Me too I'd love a CF hood (I'd have to paint it, but still) Doubly so if it had a T-II hood scoop (it'd be close to the webber DCOE throttlebody I'm planning on putting in, so that'd be cool for a CAI :p)

e-mail or pm me when they come out!

*end AOL mode *

 

What the hell is AOL mode?

Hey Speckamp, weren't you experimenting with a Megasquirt? I guess it didn't pan out?

 

Pretty impressive piece. Do you have a pic of the underside you could post? Is there bracing integrated to prevent it from concaving at speed? Any idea how much to ship? I'm currently without a full time gig, but when I land one I'm interested in one of no-paint quality as I think it would go great with my paint as-is (K8 - Tornado Silver).

For market eval purposes, here's what I'd be interested in with regard to a CF hood.
1. Show quality exterior (top) finish.
2. Any quality interior (underside) finish.
3. Factory fit (perimeter gaps, hinges, & latch). I can deal without prop rod provisions.
4. Lightweight (you already nailed this one).
5. Resonably priced (nailed this one, too IMHO).

I may also be interested in headlight covers and front panel in the future.

I'm amazed there's still enough interest in an 18-24 year old car to R&D parts like this. Kudos to you and everyone else going to these lengths. My hat's off to you folks.

Luc

 

no no no... that was MY idea....

 

Mines going on my Forumla White 83 . I think the black carbon fiber would look sweet with the formula white with a nice thick coat of clear coat on it to give it a deep 3-D look .

~T.J.

 

...but you've already got wheels that match...c'mon, let me have the hood

 

I think we'll be alright.. you're in NY and I'm here in TX..

No one will know, we'll just keep it our secret.

 

Yes, I am, and it's going in the car in stages. I couldn't really justify taking the car off the road at all this summer, plus I was travelling alot for work. Now that I have no car and it's winter, I'm getting the ECU sorted out. My website has the info I've been posting on it.

 

bringing this back to life.... wheres the hoods?

 

wow... any plans for doing the headlight lids with the vent in them? definitly doing hoods with the TII scoop? info! infooooo!!!!

 

ya I'm definitly interested in a CF hood for my 81. You need some type of scoop or something in CF also it would look SWEET!! Anyway pm me tell me the $$ I'm also interested in those light covers send or post some pics!!

 

see the interest in these hoods will never DIE

 

if you make a fiber glass for 200 shipped to my door

id love it

 

if i could make them... i would sell one to you for 200

 

in thinking about trying to make a mold and make one myself
any links???

my dad used to fix boat hulls, so he know how to use glass for the most part, but a mold???

i dont much care how it looks, my hood now is swiss cheese

 

umm as for a mold. i was thinking for my slef to accualy get a nice dent free stock hood. stretching a nice think layer of platic over the top. tape it down.

then lay the fiberglass on top of that. once dry you can take it off and peal of the plastic. and you have a thin replica of the stock hood.

then just figure out how to put suport under it so it wont flex and your good to go with hood pins.

most big hardware stors cary fiberglass and reisin.

 

post when your ready to sell, I would def. take a carbon fiber hood.

 

its not me who's making them... its some one else.. i just brought the post back to life. to spark more interest and find out the staus.. i might just try and make my own.

well see..

 

i too will jump into this and would love one of your CF hoods!

 

I want a CF hood too. Someone please make one for a 1st gen.

 

i looked for info and im gonna make some parts when the weather warms up
all my body panels needs alot of tlc, im thinking about useing a bit on bondo to make sure they are smooth and make some molds, and them some panels,hmmm

all i really know is that i should use toolin resin for the hood

 

here is a nice site that sells fiberglass and CF by the roll. as well as the rest of the stuff you need.

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com


this is good reading material for fiberglass work:

http://www.garbled.net/tim/fiberglass.html

 

How does this compare with the original hood????

 

Origionals vary from 29 to 32 lbs. Older years are heavier.