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 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

 

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.

 

yep. the gut that. i removed the webbing from a friends 'CF' hood and it realy lightned it up a ton.

 

thanks guys!! were did you find your cheap hoods? E-bay?

 

ebay, craigs list, or the HT classifieds

 

Stock ITR hood = 38 lbs
Fiberimages CF hood (high quality, fantastic fit) with webbing under = 18 lbs

 

bought a beat-dick cf hood, gutted the **** out of it, popped it on some hood pins, and it weighs around 11-12lbs. Only way to roll.

 

IIRC the stock Prelude hood was 42 pounds and the used VIS CF hood I found on craigslist was 22 pounds.

 

this reminds me-i need a lighter hood too. off to shop e-bay

 

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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.

 

This link isn't for a prelude hood, but it should give you an idea of how much different hoods weigh.

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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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what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed!

 

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what link? I told ya to lay off the wackyweed! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Shhhh!!! LOL!

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=958024

 

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!

 

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!