Does anyone know who supplied / made this hood? I noticed it on another thread and found it interesting. What is the significance of the offset-from-center vents?

 

Dunno, but it's FUGLY and not as efficient as the other vented hoods available right now (Manntis' and 13BEEF)...

IMHO

 

http://translate.google.com/translat...ial_s%26sa%3DN

 

Thats a JSS hood, made in Japan, available here:

http://www.erc-rotary.com/aero/index.html

52500 YEN = $455.966 USD

 

I have the same hood, made by Elite racing company (ERC) its the hood set they all used in the 80's, and 90's for the Japan Super Stock racing class.

kenn

Oh, and its not Fugly, its just not flashy, the side bump covers the alternator to protect it from heavy rain, something that happens a lot over here.

 

I like the hood next to it better, the same as the one in RE Matsuda's avatar.

 

That car is sexy. Those wheel flares and that whale tail...

If you'll excuse me, I think I need a new pair of shorts.

 

It's not that it's not flashy...
I really do think it looks like someon hit it wih an ugly stick...



But, hey, different tastes for different people...

 

^ agreed. those wheels just look wrong and that wing is way big...

 

Conservative people always have such strong opinions, but there's nothing wrong with different tastes. I like it because it was the racing style of the period from the country the car came from; it just seems right.

Kenn, you wouldn't happen to have pictures of your car to share would you? I'd love to see it.

 

may have looked good at the time, but hey times change

 

wow!! i love it

makes me wanna keep the scooped headlight lid black on my yellow car

and the flares....wow very nice

love whale tails too

great looking car for back then...AND now IMO

 

it's perfect. just perfect.DOes anyone know if ERC shipps to the US. Or has anyone workning there that speakes english? I want some of their stuff! I need to move! Japan a-hoy!!!!!

 

There are a few services that can get you the parts and then ship it to you, but for big stuff like hoods, it's a huge pain that's going to cost an arm and a leg, plus they'll charge a percentage for the service. Basically, its possible, but that $450 hood could end up costing $800-900 or more when you factor in shipping and the service's fee. Also be prepared to wait awhile for it to arrive.

It'd be a lot easier to utilize the skills of some of our forum members and make a replica (Chas's pics are more than enough to go off). But then there's the problem of never being able to agree on anything, and people not coming through with money and/or the product.

Personally I'd be more interested in a reproduction of that front bumper, that one piece design gives a much more seemless and sleek look that still goes along with the stock lines. In a word: Sexy. You could mold an existing aftermarket airdam to the stock bumper cover, then extend the sides to the front fenders.

 

I need those flares!

 

We covered them already...
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/fender-flares-475325/

 

I agree that is one of the best front airdams that I have ever seen. I think that it would look really good if the lower lip was extended just a tiny bit more though.

 

Where can I get a big whale tail like that?