hey, you should give us SA guys a break. some of us already have to walk all the way around our car to prop the hood, are you going to try and make a carbon hood to accomodate us? how bout a hood prop bastion on both sides of the hood just for us?

 

Go for it! I'll fly up and pick em up.

 

Isn't the hole on both sides of the engine bay? Just have someone rummage a junkyard for the stuff...the clip on the fenderwell is available from Mazdatrix, I believe.

We ARE talking this CF hood will be vented, right?
Like the one in the 3rdgen pic, right?



THAT'S what I'm interested in....

 

...and that's what I'm talking about

 

word

 

And that's what I want to hear....I'll go deeper into debt for such a hood...

 

BUMP!!!


What is the latest on this, Manntis?

 

prototyping a few different styling bucks.

Trying to decide between two simple vents, ot two rows of three gill-like vents a la the feed hood, or two rows of multiple small louvres.

 

If we could freakin' post pics, I'd ask for some simple drawings...placement of the vents is going to be important regarding water getting down there...

 

I was wondering what was going on with this as well. Thanks for the update.

 

I am all for it, esp if it will help keep the heat down. Count me in, I will save and get one.

 

The US SA's that that have a hood prop on the right side use a different style of hood prop, or at least the two I've seen. It's not the flip up rod thing like all the FBs have, the bar is attached to the hood, and slides in a bracket on the inner fender with notches to lock into.
The FB setup may still work, but it might require a hole to be drilled in the inner fender on the left side.

 

Here's the hood I'd like to have besides the kind on the FC above.

 

DAMN THATS SWEET!!!!

 

not me.. i'd prefer that 3rd gen vent to that fb vent..

 

the vent in the third gen is to run air from the rad over the hood, you would have to do something for that, or else you would just have a hole, and thats kinda dumb.

louvers are cool if you wnat to vent the engine, but i would be worried about the turbulance they cause at high speed...you dont se any truly "fast" cars with them...i think the last one was a jaguar, it was a mid engine prototype based on the E-type.... it was called the xj13

 

jeeeze thats a looker, aint she?

 

The viper hardtop coupe had louvre vents over the front wheel arches. As for turbulence, the center and back sections of the hood are negative pressure areas anyhow

 

I think the louvers would be really cool, I'd put them on my car no problem, just push them a little farther onto the hood then in that other pic.

 

over the wheel arches is a different story, in that situation, air is directly vented fron the wheel well, they used to do it on buic race cars, but my point is, why dont they do it on the hood of truly fast cars? i dont think it is as black and white as saying "it is a negative pressure area" that just doese not seem right to me.

i know the edge, close to the windshield is, because it lifts at speed, but i think the front and the center may not be, or why have the hood scoops close to the center? would they not function better at the front of the hood then?

 

The Datsun 240z (some models, or maybe it was the 260 or 280) had louvres on the hood also back towards the windshield out towards the edges.

 

you missed it. I said it's a negative pressure area ON OUR CARS. Every car is shaped differently, with different aerodynamics. The wedge front end of the SA/FB bodystyle creates a negative pressure area along the middle and back of the hood. If you've ever glanced at the rear edge of your hood when ripping down the road you can see it lifting ever so slightly, especially if its improperly latched.

Why have what hood scoops close to the centre? 1st gens never had stock scoops on the hood.

 

ah, ok i see...hum, louvers still make me a little nervous...but I must admit that i would be intrested in a cf or fg hood...but i think that if you make it...people will still buy it...even if they have to cut their own holes

 

who's bluish green FB is that? and yes, i like the hood it has.. very functional and simple

 

Sorry, both louvered hood examples were way too "busy" from an artistic viewpoint....they add too many lines to the simplistic line lay-out of the SA/FB RX-7s...the two (or four, maybe?) vent 3rdgen hood would look good...