Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood?
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Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood?
Anyone weight an OEM honda hood, VS your average Carbon fiber hood Vs gutted OEM hood?
I need to loose some weight before the big championship race!!
I need to loose some weight before the big championship race!!
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (577HondaPrelude)
I would suggest finding the cheapest POS CF hood you can find. You will probably have to use 4 hood pins, but it is your best bet.
The cheap ones, are really made shitty, so they are usually the lightest. I bought one 8 or 9 years ago that was the lowest quality i could find. It is stupid light, right around 11-12 pounds. A few other racers bought the cheapest ones they could and they are also really light.
The only hood i have seen lighter was a expensive 2 off carbon-Kevlar that didn't have a skeleton. these hoods came in at 7lbs each on the Fed-Ex scales.
Even the metal skin is heavy, but it is cheap. I don't think you could get a OEM hood down to 15lbs
The cheap ones, are really made shitty, so they are usually the lightest. I bought one 8 or 9 years ago that was the lowest quality i could find. It is stupid light, right around 11-12 pounds. A few other racers bought the cheapest ones they could and they are also really light.
The only hood i have seen lighter was a expensive 2 off carbon-Kevlar that didn't have a skeleton. these hoods came in at 7lbs each on the Fed-Ex scales.
Even the metal skin is heavy, but it is cheap. I don't think you could get a OEM hood down to 15lbs
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (slammed_93_hatch)
Or look for companies selling fiberglass hoods. Most of the CF hoods out there are just a fiberglass hood with one layer of CF on them. So the fiberglass only version is lighter and usually much cheaper.
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (577HondaPrelude)
IIRC the stock Prelude hood was 42 pounds and the used VIS CF hood I found on craigslist was 22 pounds.
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (DR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IIRC the stock Prelude hood was 42 pounds and the used VIS CF hood I found on craigslist was 22 pounds. </TD></TR></TABLE>
We should gut your hood and see how much it weighs. I'll probably cut most of the skeleton out of the CF hood I have.
We should gut your hood and see how much it weighs. I'll probably cut most of the skeleton out of the CF hood I have.
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (577HondaPrelude)
This link isn't for a prelude hood, but it should give you an idea of how much different hoods weigh.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 117 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
We should gut your hood and see how much it weighs. I'll probably cut most of the skeleton out of the CF hood I have.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Most of the weight is from the skin. There isn't much weight savings from gutting the skeleton. I probably only saved 2 or 3 lbs from gutting my CF/FG hood.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 117 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
We should gut your hood and see how much it weighs. I'll probably cut most of the skeleton out of the CF hood I have.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Most of the weight is from the skin. There isn't much weight savings from gutting the skeleton. I probably only saved 2 or 3 lbs from gutting my CF/FG hood.
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (Another Drew)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This link isn't for a prelude hood, but it should give you an idea of how much different hoods weigh.</TD></TR></TABLE>
what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed!
what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed!
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Re: Carbon Fiber Hood, or gutted OEM hood? (577HondaPrelude)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 577HondaPrelude »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed! </TD></TR></TABLE>
Shhhh!!! LOL!
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what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed! </TD></TR></TABLE>
Shhhh!!! LOL!
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Ebay I got a POS one also but its so light its not even real CF just FG with carbon fiber oaint I think.
Lokk forward to seeing you at the nationals!
Lokk forward to seeing you at the nationals!
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Re: (mlrmotorsports)
Maybe I will just take my hood off, and cover the huge gap from bumper to windshield with racers tape!! That would be super light and gehttoriffic!!!
I think I'm just going to gut my OEM hood. I can't find a cheap CF hood for less than $450 shipped. $450 for -20lbs off the car is a bit steep for me. I'm going to keep an eye out for a used or slightly damaged one for next year though.
Thanks for all the info, and help guys. See you in a few weeks at Mid-Ohio!
I think I'm just going to gut my OEM hood. I can't find a cheap CF hood for less than $450 shipped. $450 for -20lbs off the car is a bit steep for me. I'm going to keep an eye out for a used or slightly damaged one for next year though.
Thanks for all the info, and help guys. See you in a few weeks at Mid-Ohio!
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