I need both my car and girlfriend to lose some weight.... I had some lexan for my old corolla, but i never met the producer. Since the fc rear window is the largest on any production car from what i hear, i figured that would be a good area to look into. Anyone know of a place i can get lexan? I live in San Mateo, California. Thanks for the help!

 

how about the hood lol.

 

I have the GTUs so i have an aluminum hood. Im looking for a t2 hood just so i can have the hood scoop for a little extra ventilation. I plan on gutting it out and using it for autocross, so anything i can do is benefical.

 

look up " percys speed glass " online ... its nice stuff

 

grannysspeedshop.com sells lexan rear hatches as well as side windows

 

I wonder how long the speedglass would go before getting all scratched up? It sounds like it's coated, but I'm not sure how long that would offer protection.

 

So you're gutting your interior to lose 10-30lbs, then adding 5 buy using a T2 hood?

I don't understand your logic, considering the TII hood would have little to no effect on your cars performance.

 

Woah! What movie is this?

Yeah I don't get it either, if anything he would want a vented hood. A TII hood will just bring in more air to blow the hot air around in there.

He should get one of these hoods.
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/fc-reverse-vented-hood-533973/

 

dont gut a GTUs, thats a n00b for you. wanting to gut a nice version of the RX.

 

putting a tii hood on a na makes the tranny run much cooler. I know this from experience x3 and from several friends who have done it around here and had the same results.
I agree completely. Gutting the interior is the most useless performance mod in the world. If you havent' given the car a complete 60,000 mile tuneup since you got it, start there.

 

???

How do you measure the temperature of the tranny?

Why would it matter if it is colder?

As far as i know a warm tranny is a good thing cause the lubrication is better.
Putting a hoodscoop on a NA is pointless, and kinda funny too.

 

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. Do NOT put lexan on a GTUs or a TII hood. Buy a TII and mess that up all you want but the GTUs is such a rare car we can't afford to have it with plastic windows and a ricey non working scoop. Sell it and buy a TII.

 

How does my car have any physical affect on you or anyone else in this club? how can YOU not afford it? How does speed glass (which is an exact model of stock windows) going to "mess" it up? How does a vented t2 hood not allow cooler air into the engine bay and how is it ricey in any way since its stock on other rx models?

 

How does a vented hood not allow cooler air into the engine bay? So your saying hot air is better for your car?

 

Uhhh, wouldn't you be considered a noob for not reading and understanding my post? Wouldn't a lighter car allow for faster acceleration, cornerning, shorter breaking distances, less tire wear, and less gas used. We have different intentions for our cars, so please try to be understanding. Thanks.

 

Losing 25 lbs isn't beneficial?

 

Wouldn't the cooler air being blown into the engine help cool it down? I thought that if you mix hot air in the engine bay with cooler air outside, then the air in the engine bay would be cooler overall compared to not having cold air pushed in. I guees i was wrong....

 

blacks5 you dont know what a GTUs is and thats the problem the guy has.. you truely SHOULDNT mess a car up especially when only a few thousand are made and if its a 90 only for few hundred. you should sell your car and get another .. any rx7 knowledgable owner would agree.. we arent being asses we are telling it how it is.

 

He should get one of these hoods.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=533973[/QUOTE]

I think thats a more ricey hood than a stock t2 hood. Thats just my opinion.

 

Wouldn't putting a TII hood on an NA just overpressurize the engine bay? You are allowing all this air into your engine bay, with no way out. Then less air will go in your front grill through your radiator because the engine bay is overpressurized due to the hood scoop and your engine temps will go up because of that.

 

I am fully aware of what i have. I just dont see how im "messing" it up when anything i plan on doing can be undone. If anything, what im doing is going to put less stress on the mechanical components of the car so am i still doing the wrong thing?

 

the TII hood w/o an intercooler uptop is going to have adverse effects on the cooling system of your car if its not plugged up. air flows from in front of the bumper and through the radiator. with the addition of the hood scoop the air pressure or some **** increases and does not allow cool air to flow through the radiator, causing poor cooling. now if you were to plug up the scoop, then thats a different story.

 

NOW THAT IS A GOOD ARGUMENT. That i did not know and you are the first to state it in a way that is actually technically understandable compared to some others simply arguing that it is "ricey" or will "mess" it up. Thank you! Knowledge is your best weapon and i appreciate you sharing it with me.

 

Thank you. Much easier to understand why a t2 hood may not be beneficial now that you put it that way.

 

Therefore, lighter IS better! Less weight allows a car to corner faster, accelerate faster, brake in a shorter distance. It saves tires over time as well as gas.