Official FC Vented Hood Thread
#36
#43
Heres mine:
I first I didn't see the detail in the airbrushing and it didn't look like anything in particular. Then I noticed the the Jellyfish and what appears to be a manta ray! Pretty cool! Are you a marine biologist?
What was wrong with the Dltreezan hood?
Originally Posted by Havoc
I have the Dltreezan hood... great looking hood, but nearly had to be remade to work.
I first I didn't see the detail in the airbrushing and it didn't look like anything in particular. Then I noticed the the Jellyfish and what appears to be a manta ray! Pretty cool! Are you a marine biologist?
What was wrong with the Dltreezan hood?
Last edited by Juiceh; 02-27-08 at 05:06 PM.
#44
Carl's hood
Funkspectrum is right, Carl has the atihun hood as seen from this pic during install:
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
#47
Funkspectrum is right, Carl has the atihun hood as seen from this pic during install:
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
#48
Funkspectrum is right, Carl has the atihun hood as seen from this pic during install:
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
He enlarged the openings before he painted the hood though.
The atihun hood was made by matching the original FD mazdaspeed hood vent to a FC hood. The cool part about that was the mazdaspeed hoods were wind tunnel tested by mazdaspeed to create low pressure behind the vent to cool the engine bay. Most (if not all) aftermarket aero parts can't afford wind tunnel testing as it would make their parts too costly.
#49
Personally I like the Panspeed and Sexy Style hoods. Nice big vents far forward for good flow (the further back the vent the less flow basically). The Panspeed one is similiar to the hoods on the Le Mans Corvettes, and there's definetely some wind tunnel time on those cars.
#50
Both the Panspeed and D-max are available through RHD Japans site, but they are pricey!
https://www.rhdjapan.com/category-lo...-RX-7/Exterior
Vis has a copy of the D-max hood in CF for cheap (~$500).
https://www.rhdjapan.com/category-lo...-RX-7/Exterior
Vis has a copy of the D-max hood in CF for cheap (~$500).