Would you buy a Carbon Fiber T2 or Duckbill spoiler?
02-24-12, 11:45 PM
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i think spoilers make fc's look dated or ricer
make these that dont cost a stupid $300 for us guys with aluminum N/A hoods who want to rid ourselves of excess heat
make these that dont cost a stupid $300 for us guys with aluminum N/A hoods who want to rid ourselves of excess heat
02-25-12, 01:12 AM
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pics will be up in 2-4weeks
most duckbills have war page so we would have to straighten them out for the mold.
making 10 cf duckbills for now so ill let you guys know !
02-25-12, 06:59 AM
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02-26-12, 02:55 PM
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Just so we're all on the same page.... So the stock functional aero is ricer, and the classier option is to cut a hole in your stock hood and rivet on a piece that looks like an vent for an industrial air conditioning unit....that about sum it up?
02-26-12, 05:18 PM
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Alright here is the real. Wings are "okay". I hate to point out the elephant in the room but carbon fiber diffuser = sexy & aggressive. Say no to spoilers. The T2 Carbon is a very good looking hood, I do like the vented carbon fibers on N/A because of heat release etc etc.
I guess bottom line if I had to choose between profiling myself as a riced out teen, or decreasing weight on my car by adding a CF TII hood... I would definitely go with the hood. It is functional, beautiful, and wont get you made fun of
I guess bottom line if I had to choose between profiling myself as a riced out teen, or decreasing weight on my car by adding a CF TII hood... I would definitely go with the hood. It is functional, beautiful, and wont get you made fun of
02-27-12, 01:02 PM
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02-27-12, 03:42 PM
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Alright ricer is about perspective, and I am sure that by reading my comment you've gathered that it is PURE SPECULATIVE OPINION. But as this thread was started on the premise of providing an opinion I have done so. My opinion is a wing on an FC3S factory or not makes it look "ricer". Also, the wings aren't factory to all RX7 models they where a later addition. I believe a diffuser versus a spoiler keeps the integrity of an RX7 which I have come to know and love. I do realize the thread was "which should I get between these two" so I stated my opinion on which one I would chose and why. Further elaborating on why I myself in my own OPINION would choose a rear CF diffuser over a wing stock or otherwise.
For the aluminum versus the CF hood! I don't know which is lighter I assumed without any prior research that the CF hood would be. This was not only speculative reasoning on stock versus CF weights but also do to the fact that my hood feels heavy as ****. I would hate to be working inside that engine bay and have it come slamming down on me. This could be because the base model of my FC is an 86 SE.
Your move holy man.
For the aluminum versus the CF hood! I don't know which is lighter I assumed without any prior research that the CF hood would be. This was not only speculative reasoning on stock versus CF weights but also do to the fact that my hood feels heavy as ****. I would hate to be working inside that engine bay and have it come slamming down on me. This could be because the base model of my FC is an 86 SE.
Your move holy man.
02-27-12, 04:24 PM
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"For the aluminum versus the CF hood! I don't know which is lighter I assumed without any prior research that the CF hood would be."
I have a carbon Fiber TII style hood (not pictured). It is so much lighter that I have to essentially slam the good down for the stock hood latch (designed for the lightest Aluminum hood made for an RX7) to catch.
02-28-12, 09:07 AM
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Aren't the aluminum N/A hoods a bit lighter than carbon fiber?
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02-28-12, 11:22 AM
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I'm pretty sure a alloy hood skin (no structure) is lighter then those "CF" hoods. I wrote "CF" because those hoods have a FRP structure with wet lay CF skin. Those are only for looks, and not properly build upgrades. They will be lighter then steel hoods, but then again; my mom riding a whale will be lighter than the steel hood...
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02-28-12, 01:35 PM
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I'm pretty sure a alloy hood skin (no structure) is lighter then those "CF" hoods. I wrote "CF" because those hoods have a FRP structure with wet lay CF skin. Those are only for looks, and not properly build upgrades. They will be lighter then steel hoods, but then again; my mom riding a whale will be lighter than the steel hood...
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As I commented in the post above yours, I have to essentially slam my CF hood for the stock latch to grab because it's so much lighter than my original stock Vert Aluminum hood.