N/A Hoods?
 

Did the N/A's come with a lightweight aluminum hood. I know the T2's had a heavy steal hood (like mine):( and a light weight aluminum hood. So I was wondering if the N/A's had something similar?

I just read somewhere recently that the GTU came w/ an aluminum hood. It may have just been 89-91 though.

some of the base models came with an aluminum hood... as well i THINK convertables did too.

the convertibles did and some 86-88s did not sure which models though

Nope... S4 Sports, and S5 'verts have them... that's mostly it.

my 87 base auto had one!! and I still have it..need to find TII alum hood though!!!

Many '86 models came with alluminum hoods, including base models. Very few if any Sports did. I think most convertibles had them. Random hood selection was the Mazda way during the second generation RX-7 model run.

Isaac

I know of at least one '86 Sport with an aluminum hood as delivered from the factory.

I believe that the GTUs came with an aluminum hood. They are kind of hard to come by. My friend bought a GTUs, but the previous owner got into an accident and replaced the aluminum hood with a steel hood.

Steel hood on my SE... :(

AL hood on my 86 base. Only option was air on the car.

whats the difference in wieght?

i would like to replace my steel hood for a lighter aluminum version.. but how much lighter is it?

-Markis

It's completely random, the only one's that had them all the time were the verts.

so.. even the S4 verts came with an AL. hood?

I would really like to get one, but i'd like to know the difference in weight first. anyone?

-Markus

My 86 GXL came with an aluminum hood, rear seats and LSD:) EURO EURO EURO yeahhhhhh

The 88 GTU, all the 'verts, the GTUs all came with aluminum hoods as well as some of the 86-88 GXL and Luxury coupes that generally had either rear seats or auto tranny, but because of production issues it is not unusual to see any 86-87 with an aluminum hood.

Thanks for the replies! I want to trade my T2 hood for an N/A Aluminum in the near future......... Once of course my front mount is in. ;):)

e-mail me at jeremy@kosman.com and I will tell you who to call to find a aluminum GTU s hood.

I thought I read somewhere that you just can't bolt an AL hood on where a steel one used to be.. something about the metal reacting to each other.. is this true?

Also how much does it cost to paint a hood? My steel hood has mad dings in it and I have been thinking of getting an AL.. if I can find one.. and having it painted

That is true Jsotelo, you need to use the Alum hood's hinges and latch, they are electrically isloated and won't have the electrolitic effect and dissolving of the alum.

the weight difference is something like thirty pounds. You can lift an aluminum with one hand, the steel one takes two.

If anybody in the South East wants one, I'll trade for a TII hood (aluminum or steel). Hood is faded navy blue (heh).

no its only about 20 lbs...

the painted steel one is 52 lbs and the painted alum ones are about 35 lbs.

Oh. I've never weighed them, only lifted them :P

there are really that bad of metal to metal issues? i figured the paint would stop most all reactions.

My ae has aluminum hood.