I'm al ittle pissed off - I was busy with a million things today, so I told the glasser "Gut the vents and put the hood on the car - I'll have Darren take some pics to show the guys in the forum".

I get home and Darren has sent me some pics. The glasser cut vents all right, but left thick borders around them so they're tiny and look like ***. He laso took me literally, just setting the hood on the car, so it's popped up, not sitting flush like it should.

So I chewed him out and hope to have better pics with proper vent cuts and mounting on Friday (tomorrow is a holiday). Until then, something to tide you over:

 

those are still sexy...



The more I see of them the more I want one... but to put it on a rally car where its just going to get broke...

 

and yes, the car under the tarp in pic 1 is the wreckage of Pamela

This is the new vent design which will fit stock airboxes, aftermarket strut tower bars, etc.

 

manntis, I've been following this from way back when you first talked about it (or at least i think it was when you were first toying with the idea) and to see it finally come together is awesome. Unfortunatly, like many others on this forum, I am low in funds. Also like many on the forum I will "some day" have funds. Right now I'm a jr. at lehigh university, so hopefully "some day" will be in about a year and a half. Assuming you are still making the hoods then, you can chalk me down for getting one. Very impressive.

and I thought makeing a custom sub box was something to be proud of

 

looks great man, keep up the good work.

cant wait to see a finished painted shot

 

yea thats looking good, can't wait to see one with the cf skin on it, as thats what I will end up buying....

 

Yeah I want one in carbon fiber to. It looks good is it lighter than factory I know the factory one is light though. Oh have you made a final price yet.

 

yup - FRP is $299 (a bit more with vents precut & grilles provided), the soon-to-be-available carbon fibre skinned model (with FRP underlay and substructure) should be about $499

 

Thanks for posting photos! I need the FRP hood. I'll be painting it red to match ASAP.

 

Manntis...That hood looks badass.....Definately can't wait to get one...If I was a dog, I'd hump your leg lol....Excited to see this project coming to completion.

 

And of course, here comes Jon to ask a stupid question..

What exactly is the benefit of the rearward-facing vents? Is it an airflow thing? (something like air coming from the front/under the bumper, through the rad and fan, out the vents?)

And with the vents as they are, where is water going to run when it rains? I'm not sure just by looking at these pics, but it looks to me as if the driver's side one would lead water straight onto the alternator.... Of course that's probably just my bad eyes, but I thought I'd ask.

I think the hood (even in it's rough state, and just lying there) looks awesome. I think it's great that you've put so much work into this project and it's finally nearing release. I can't wait to see more, and look forward to the day where I'll have the moulah to add one to my car. I'm not sure what kind of purpose/improvement it will serve on my car, but it would look totally baddass yet somehow fit right in with the "stock" look I'm going for if I had it painted K3 Sunbeam Silver like the rest of my '84

The gov't let you buy back the wreckage of Pam? That's cool, at least she's still around in some way. I'm sure there are plenty of parts still left in good condition which could give your next car some renewed life and let the spirit of Pam live on

Jon

 

Yup - to pull the hot air from behind the rad up and out of the engine bay, instead of having it envelope the engine. Instead, as a portion of the hot air is exhausted up and over the hood, cool air from under the car is forced up around the engine.

Down through the vents and between the engine and rad. What little water might drip onto your engine would be equivalent to or less than the water being splashed up onto it by going through puddles.

And before anyone says "yeah, but this water is going on the top of the engine!" - it isn't. Go pop your hood and look... really look... at how far back our engines sit. Then consider the huge openings in the hoods of rally cars, the open vents in the hoods of street cars including my Chrysler Daytona Turbo, and you'll see it's really not an issue.

Yup - I had $12,000 in parts on her, so bought her back for $500.

 

the prices are before shipping?


I'm down for a FRP one.

 

yup - shipping is extra. Of course shipping from Saskatoon to Winnipeg will be far less expensive tha, say, shipping from Saskatoon to Sydney

 

whats the final weight? and whats stock weight?

 

I too have been following this thread and I kept thinking I wouldn't have the money, but hey I just got a good job and should be able to afford it sooner then I thought, then just need to get it painted, hmm.

 

hehehe

my car

 

Nice hood. Inspired by Knightsports hood for the FD?

xlr8, what type of 7 do you want?

 

ANY!



but I have to admit, I dont like FCs

Im a first gen fan.

Yes, inspired by that one a long time ago

 

Ready and waiting to order a CF one..... Gonna paint the whole thing, except the vent area... hehe...

Dan

 

hey nothing wrong with eg civics, just some of the people that own them. And Dan, if your gonna paint it why spend the extra $200 for CF? just to have the CF look around the vents?

 

hey Manntis...When you get it all together, I'd be interested in one with the vents precut and trimmed shipped to San Antonio, Texas 78238....

 

Uhm, Yup! hehe.....

Dan

 

am also interested in a hood, would like to know what the final weight is, and shipping to V4V 2J7 (BC)

 

Now that we have the subframe designed, we're experimenting with different thicknesses to get the optimum balance between looks, rigidity, and weight.