View Poll Results: Would you buy an NA Style (No Vents) Carbon Fiber Hood for $400-$600?
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Would you buy a NA style (No vents) Carbon Fiber hood?
02-23-02, 05:21 PM
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I say a CF N/A should be less then 500
the Honda boys get there for cheap y can't we?
Now the CF TII hood I would pay $500 for
The TII hood is very delicate
You put a screwdriver on the fender wall
close the hood Bang! One messed up hood
One of the 1st things stolen off TII's are the Hood
My friend had his stolen in a Mall parking Lot! for the love of God (at night).
I bet it was a NA owner that stoled it too
all the NA's I run into
be it at the track what have you
all always say "yea I want to put a TII hood on my car"
SO SKIP A FLAT HOOD
It's not worth the hassle
I'm not dissing ya
but there will be not very much interest in a Flat stock hood.
People steal cars just to get the TII hoods
That tells you how bad! people want there car to have
the scoop look *note I did not state TII Look
the Honda boys get there for cheap y can't we?
Now the CF TII hood I would pay $500 for
The TII hood is very delicate
You put a screwdriver on the fender wall
close the hood Bang! One messed up hood
One of the 1st things stolen off TII's are the Hood
My friend had his stolen in a Mall parking Lot! for the love of God (at night).
I bet it was a NA owner that stoled it too
all the NA's I run into
be it at the track what have you
all always say "yea I want to put a TII hood on my car"
SO SKIP A FLAT HOOD
It's not worth the hassle
I'm not dissing ya
but there will be not very much interest in a Flat stock hood.
People steal cars just to get the TII hoods
That tells you how bad! people want there car to have
the scoop look *note I did not state TII Look
02-24-02, 12:41 AM
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Originally posted by Samps
according to that aerodynamic flow chart, a headlight air scoop would be just about pointless and may even steal air from the filter.
according to that aerodynamic flow chart, a headlight air scoop would be just about pointless and may even steal air from the filter.
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02-24-02, 12:50 AM
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I also vote for a "scooped" hood. Preferably a reverse style. Please look down at our first piece of evidence...
Exhibit A: Carbon Fiber IS lighter than the aluminum hood. But to go through the trouble of gettting a custom hood, do you want it to look stock?
Exhibit B: Stock Turbo 2 hood is the same idea. Already pretty light, why waste the time to make it carbon. Maybe if we get our first buy in to work out then we can get these next?
Exhibit C: Turbo or NA, the reverse scoop will work very well, and look very good on both.
Exhibit D: Cuz they are purdy, and no one has them.
I dont think too many people have a border or panspeed hood they can get a mold taken from, but what if we put our heads together and all split one? Have the mold taken, then we all get cf hoods made? Ehhh Ehhh? It could be done.
Exhibit A: Carbon Fiber IS lighter than the aluminum hood. But to go through the trouble of gettting a custom hood, do you want it to look stock?
Exhibit B: Stock Turbo 2 hood is the same idea. Already pretty light, why waste the time to make it carbon. Maybe if we get our first buy in to work out then we can get these next?
Exhibit C: Turbo or NA, the reverse scoop will work very well, and look very good on both.
Exhibit D: Cuz they are purdy, and no one has them.
I dont think too many people have a border or panspeed hood they can get a mold taken from, but what if we put our heads together and all split one? Have the mold taken, then we all get cf hoods made? Ehhh Ehhh?
It could be done.
02-24-02, 01:21 AM
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Originally posted by InitialD FC
I also vote for a "scooped" hood. Preferably a reverse style. Please look down at our first piece of evidence...
Exhibit A: Carbon Fiber IS lighter than the aluminum hood. But to go through the trouble of gettting a custom hood, do you want it to look stock?
Exhibit B: Stock Turbo 2 hood is the same idea. Already pretty light, why waste the time to make it carbon. Maybe if we get our first buy in to work out then we can get these next?
Exhibit C: Turbo or NA, the reverse scoop will work very well, and look very good on both.
Exhibit D: Cuz they are purdy, and no one has them.
I dont think too many people have a border or panspeed hood they can get a mold taken from, but what if we put our heads together and all split one? Have the mold taken, then we all get cf hoods made? Ehhh Ehhh? It could be done.
I also vote for a "scooped" hood. Preferably a reverse style. Please look down at our first piece of evidence...
Exhibit A: Carbon Fiber IS lighter than the aluminum hood. But to go through the trouble of gettting a custom hood, do you want it to look stock?
Exhibit B: Stock Turbo 2 hood is the same idea. Already pretty light, why waste the time to make it carbon. Maybe if we get our first buy in to work out then we can get these next?
Exhibit C: Turbo or NA, the reverse scoop will work very well, and look very good on both.
Exhibit D: Cuz they are purdy, and no one has them.
I dont think too many people have a border or panspeed hood they can get a mold taken from, but what if we put our heads together and all split one? Have the mold taken, then we all get cf hoods made? Ehhh Ehhh?
It could be done.
03-15-02, 08:49 AM
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I started a thread a while back about hoods for the turbo II. I have a mold built and one prototype finished. the car is at the paint shop and should be finished later today. The shop who built the turbo II hood already makes a flat hood for the N/A second gen. these are made of fiberglass and are built to be as light as possible and are smooth finished, so painting is recomended. I am trying to get a firm price for the turbo II hoods for a group buy of ten or more. once ten are bought and paid for the price will be the same for anyone there after. the flat hood is very light(less than 5#), and the turbo II hood will probably work out to about 12# with the rubber intercooler gasket. my turbo II hood also has a 2" taller scoop to try and gain some extra air into the intercooler. the stock turbo II hood(aluminum) weighs about 30# and is alot lighter than even a cut out steel hood(60+#). these are not made of carbon fiber to save weight. as someone posted before to add all the latch and hood hinge bracket and make the weave pattern on the top coat adds alot of weight and would only be marginally lighter than an aluminum hood. If you are interested in a flat or turbo II hood made to be as light as possible for a reasonable price, shooting for $400 for turbo II and $325-$350 for flat), please email me tim@wanaboo.com. the molds are already made and all that is needed is paid orders and the hoods will be ready. if someone wants a modified scoop added to a flat hood this could be done but someone has to pay for the prototype and mold. turbo II hood prototype(mold was done for free thankfully) cost me $450 to give you an idea.
03-15-02, 11:54 AM
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A fiberglass N/A hood from Japco only runs $160. Why is the one you have $375?
I have the 1st gen hood from Japco. Cost me $130 plus $40 to fly it in to Atlanta. Strong and VERY light.
I have the 1st gen hood from Japco. Cost me $130 plus $40 to fly it in to Atlanta. Strong and VERY light.
03-15-02, 12:55 PM
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do you have the hood from Japco? I don't think it will fit a stock second gen without major modifications. their body kit is for a GT2 car which is built with a tube chassis. it looks similair but it is not dimensionally a duplicate of the stock parts. Also the price is set mainly by demand. molds are expensive to make and if only a handful of parts are built then the costs have to be spread to fewer customers. If you built 100 or 1000 then the price could be lowered substantially. this is why some of the Honda parts are so cheep compared to the RX7 parts.
03-15-02, 01:26 PM
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I have the 1st gen hood, not the 2nd gen hood. It is identical to the factory if looking a the top, but it is not a bolt on hood. You have to use hoodpins.
I know he is not planning to do a TII hood, just a N/A. Maybe if there were enough people he would make one, but I kind of doubt it. He does it for just SCCA racecars.
BTW - I have the whole wide body kit. On the first gen it is not made for a tube body, it's a regular body part replacement. None of the parts are just bolt on however. All require fabrication.
I know he is not planning to do a TII hood, just a N/A. Maybe if there were enough people he would make one, but I kind of doubt it. He does it for just SCCA racecars.
BTW - I have the whole wide body kit. On the first gen it is not made for a tube body, it's a regular body part replacement. None of the parts are just bolt on however. All require fabrication.
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05-13-03, 05:30 PM
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i have one it was about 250-300 in materials
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well id like a cf hood, but id probably chop some vents in it
and if its cheap $500 as someone said before, i guess id take it, compared to the $1000 ones like Knights sports and what not
and if its cheap $500 as someone said before, i guess id take it, compared to the $1000 ones like Knights sports and what not
12-05-03, 12:25 AM
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Yo,
Back from the dead again!
Man Icemark, this'll be the first time for me...but...
Close this thread!
*chuckle*
Kevin
1989 GTUs "And re-open the TII hood on NA one!"
Back from the dead again!
Man Icemark, this'll be the first time for me...but...
Close this thread!
*chuckle*
Kevin
1989 GTUs "And re-open the TII hood on NA one!"
12-05-03, 01:35 AM
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rx-7addict, get your facts straight. not all eighty-nine plus have aluminum hoods already. i'm more than interested in getting a cf hood w/o a scoop for my na, because my steel hood is very heavy. fcstore.com by dave gibson already has them though. you'd have to have competitive prices.