Has anyone done this?
12-26-01, 09:39 AM
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Has anyone done this?
Alright.
it seems impossible to buy an alloy NA hood for an FC.
It also seems impossible to buy a fibreglass or CF hood for the FC either.
Has anyone bought an alloy turbo hood, cut out the stock (and totally useless is you have a FMIC) bonnet scoop, and replaced it with a reverse scoop?
The stock bonnet scoop is slightly offset is it not? so to balance such an operation out, you'd have to cut as wide on the other side to balance it out, so you might end up having quite a *wide* reverse scoop in your bonnet.
Anyone heard of anyone modding a stock bonnet in this way?
It is looking like the only way I am going to get the light reverse scoop bonnet i want for my FC. All these group buys turn out to be bullshit.
I.
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Cash.
Can someone procure a reasonable priced fibreglass or CF reverse scoop hood or not?
I can source an alloy turbo bonnet for 200US, and spend a bit more chopping it up to house a reverse scoop. So perhaps it IS my best bet, even tho i desperately want the proper CF example.
Perry Gehenna
it seems impossible to buy an alloy NA hood for an FC.
It also seems impossible to buy a fibreglass or CF hood for the FC either.
Has anyone bought an alloy turbo hood, cut out the stock (and totally useless is you have a FMIC) bonnet scoop, and replaced it with a reverse scoop?
The stock bonnet scoop is slightly offset is it not? so to balance such an operation out, you'd have to cut as wide on the other side to balance it out, so you might end up having quite a *wide* reverse scoop in your bonnet.
Anyone heard of anyone modding a stock bonnet in this way?
It is looking like the only way I am going to get the light reverse scoop bonnet i want for my FC. All these group buys turn out to be bullshit.
I.
Have.
The.
Cash.
Can someone procure a reasonable priced fibreglass or CF reverse scoop hood or not?
I can source an alloy turbo bonnet for 200US, and spend a bit more chopping it up to house a reverse scoop. So perhaps it IS my best bet, even tho i desperately want the proper CF example.
Perry Gehenna
12-26-01, 10:28 AM
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Being in Australia, finding an aluminum NA hood is going to be next to impossible.
If you want to find an aluminum turbo hood and chop it up, be my guest.
If you got the cash, $800US should be able to get you a CF hood with the reverse scoop.  Try and contact K2RD for more info - http://www.k2rd.com/
Freight shipping to Australia is going to cost even more, so you're looking at around a cool US$1,000...
-Ted
If you want to find an aluminum turbo hood and chop it up, be my guest.
If you got the cash, $800US should be able to get you a CF hood with the reverse scoop.  Try and contact K2RD for more info - http://www.k2rd.com/
Freight shipping to Australia is going to cost even more, so you're looking at around a cool US$1,000...
-Ted
12-26-01, 10:31 AM
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I have yet to see a street-quality CF bonnet that saves any significant weight over an aluminum bonnet, so I don't see any point in spending $800 USD to save 1 lb. You could order a competition composite bonnet from one of the major distributors if you don't mind something that looks horrible and requires hood pins.
If you can't find an alloy bonnet in OZ, then perhaps you could order one from a US salvage yard. They normally sell for around $200-250 USD, but I imagine that the shipping would be rather expensive.
http://www.car-part.com./
If you can't find an alloy bonnet in OZ, then perhaps you could order one from a US salvage yard. They normally sell for around $200-250 USD, but I imagine that the shipping would be rather expensive.
http://www.car-part.com./
12-26-01, 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by RETed
If you got the cash, $800US should be able to get you a CF hood with the reverse scoop.  Try and contact K2RD for more info - http://www.k2rd.com/
If you got the cash, $800US should be able to get you a CF hood with the reverse scoop.  Try and contact K2RD for more info - http://www.k2rd.com/
12-26-01, 12:28 PM
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Any specs on this? It would be really nice to be able to get a functional cowl induction hood in the US.
Any specs on this? It would be really nice to be able to get a functional cowl induction hood in the US.
You're right about the weight - the carbon fiber NA hood that was prototyped on Paul Ko's yellow FC was coming close to weighing as much as the stock aluminum hood.  The bare hood with no hinges or latch was already over 10lbs.  It's a fiberglass core with a single layer of carbon fiber on top.  The hood was shown off at SSIV down in Irvine a few months ago, so some of you might've seen it.
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Originally posted by RETed
I knew the lay-up guy before I left there; they were in the process of making a reverse scoop one before I left.
You're right about the weight - the carbon fiber NA hood that was prototyped on Paul Ko's yellow FC was coming close to weighing as much as the stock aluminum hood.  The bare hood with no hinges or latch was already over 10lbs.  It's a fiberglass core with a single layer of carbon fiber on top.  The hood was shown off at SSIV down in Irvine a few months ago, so some of you might've seen it.
I knew the lay-up guy before I left there; they were in the process of making a reverse scoop one before I left.
You're right about the weight - the carbon fiber NA hood that was prototyped on Paul Ko's yellow FC was coming close to weighing as much as the stock aluminum hood.  The bare hood with no hinges or latch was already over 10lbs.  It's a fiberglass core with a single layer of carbon fiber on top.  The hood was shown off at SSIV down in Irvine a few months ago, so some of you might've seen it.
Is it S-glass reinforced? Also, does it fit on your 20B car?Yeah, IMO it isn't worth $800 to save 1 lb, but it IS worth $800 to be able to grab all that nice pressurized air off the windshield.
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Is it S-glass reinforced? Also, does it fit on your 20B car?
Is it S-glass reinforced? Also, does it fit on your 20B car?
Paul was in the process of making a hood for the 20B car, but I cannot deny or confirm if that's the case still.  You can try and e-mail him through the website.-Ted
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This is the guy I got my race car hood from. It weighs 7# and the cornes curl up! No hinges. Hoodpins keep it on... I wouldn't put it on a street car but thats up to you.
http://www.piner.com/japco/
http://www.piner.com/japco/
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Please, correct me someone if i am wrong,
the Steel bonnets weigh about 20+kg (over 40lbs)
the Alloy Bonnets weigh about 10kg (20lbs)
the Carbon Fibre bonnets weigh about 7lbs
For $400, if i have nuthin better to spend it on, i'll buy an alloy bonnet and chop it to bits to try & fit a reverse cowl in there. Unless someone wants to donate one to me for the first experiment!
Any Mazda wreckers out there wanna sponser me, a conduit to a vast Australian Rotary Market!?! I'll put your sticker on my car, all u hafta do is give me all the parts i need!
Had to try, works for everyone else
Perry Gehenna
the Steel bonnets weigh about 20+kg (over 40lbs)
the Alloy Bonnets weigh about 10kg (20lbs)
the Carbon Fibre bonnets weigh about 7lbs
For $400, if i have nuthin better to spend it on, i'll buy an alloy bonnet and chop it to bits to try & fit a reverse cowl in there. Unless someone wants to donate one to me for the first experiment!
Any Mazda wreckers out there wanna sponser me, a conduit to a vast Australian Rotary Market!?! I'll put your sticker on my car, all u hafta do is give me all the parts i need!
Had to try, works for everyone else
Perry Gehenna