Just wondering if someone knows a company that makes
a carbon fibre hood for the second gen? Does anyone have
pics of a second gen. with a carbon fibre hood?
Slater.

 

i've seen lots of threads on this before, but i havent actually seen any for sale yet. however you can get them in japan. check this thread:


http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/showth...&threadid=1296

 

Well lookie here. Bout f'n time:

 

Yeah but who has 600 for the hood and 1200 for shipping? Wasn't there a shop someone was talking about that was gonna make cold air intakes, cf hoods and other nice stuff that our cars are lacking? What ever happened to this shop'??? I would like one since mine is nice a steal which isn't the lightest stuff around.

 

cool, im interested in that as well.

ill check back in a bit

Action

 

what about kevlar?

 

I already have a mold for the stock turbo II hood. made my hood out of ultralight fiberglass. scoop is two inches taller than stock, stock intercooler connection. no latch, nor hood hinges, could be fabricated but not included. hoods could be made of carbon fiber but would be heavier and more expensive. problem is no one wants the same thing. need to order these in large quantities for the fiberglass shop to make them. if there are ten or more people who want a stock turbo II hood that has a 2" taller scoop and want to pay $600 -$700 plus shipping it can be done. all of them have to be the same no exceptions.

 

I am trying to get a co. here in CA to make stuff for us, I just need to know what is wanted and how many people what them. I have a post "here we go again" about the CF HOOD, but all I get is trash talk. If you really want one let me know. I am calling the guy on Friday but i need atleast 15 to 20 people just for the hood. Let me know soon

 

the hood I am try to get done are just the skin, no latch or hindge points. I am trying to get him to make a TII hodd and a N/a Hood

 

wow, that hood in the picture looks SO good. I'd definetly buy one down the line.

 

wow, that hood looked crazy nice. let me know if it is a go on the custo built one for 600 -700 + shipping

 

A lightweight hood is not worth $600-700 in my opinion. Sure you can save 20-30# off the front end, and its also high weight, lowering your center of gravity. But for me if i find an alluminum hood at a junkyard, ill buy it for $40, but I think one could spend $600-700 in a better place than on a hood. i.e. headers, mufflers, street slicks, suspension.

 

definatley with BDoty311

 

I will give you the information shortly

 

since we are talking hoods, does anyone know the weight of an al tii hood and an al na hood?

 

Just weighed my TII alum hood using the weigh myself then weigh myself + hood method (worked to +/- 8 oz on my cat yesterday according to vets scale). It was 20 lbs. I don't have my NA alum hood here, but it felt quite a bit lighter hefting it in my arms than the TII one. NA one has no scoop/sheetmetal rubber sealed duct or insulation; so I'd say 2-5 lbs less.
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well the hoods are 6.2kilos about 13.5 pounds