 Fiberglass Hood -v.s.- CF Hood |
 Jun 24, 2005 - 4:42 PM
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OK, so I was telling one of my co-workers about how I wanted to get a CF Hood for the weight reduction benefits, not for the look. He suggested that I check into getting a fiberglass hood, instead, since they are much cheaper. So my questions are: Do they even make these for our cars? What's the difference between carbon fiber and fiberglass? Any input would be appreciated.
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Jul 1, 2005 - 5:01 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 17, '05 From Auckland, New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
CF panels are pointless on a road car. They will offer nothing more than a pose factor. You will not notice any performance gain from fitting a lightweight bonnet.
Race cars are different - I'm aiming to get the weight of my Rover down to around 1000kg - couple that with 300+bhp - that will equal 300bhp per ton. Not going to acheive that with steel doors etc. TBH, you'd be much wiser spending the $ on engine mods etc on your everyday car than getting a posers bonnet  Gary --------------------  1994 ST205 Celica GT-FOUR Group A WRC - running in new engine 1993 Rover 220 GTi tarmac rally car (under construction) 3SGE power here we come.... GT-Four spec list |
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SimmaDownNow Fiberglass Hood -v.s.- CF Hood Jun 24, 2005 - 4:42 PM
TheStreetzKing if he's talking about the FRP hoods.. there re... Jun 24, 2005 - 5:04 PM Supersprynt Well, your "carbon fiber" hood is really... Jun 24, 2005 - 6:17 PM x_itchy_b_x QUOTE(Supersprynt @ Jun 24, 2005 - 7:17 PM)We... Jun 24, 2005 - 6:28 PM dustin15brown rolled edges? but yeah all "cf hoods" ar... Jun 24, 2005 - 8:20 PM mark_426 a CF hood will be a touch stronger on a direct imp... Jun 24, 2005 - 9:21 PM boosted6g if your just getting it for weight reduction go wi... Jun 29, 2005 - 11:46 PM dustin15brown ^ they're the same hood... no company offers a... Jun 30, 2005 - 12:35 AM
GT4WRC QUOTE(dustin15brown @ Jun 30, 2005 - 12:35 AM... Jun 30, 2005 - 6:05 AM playr158 QUOTE(GT4WRC @ Jun 30, 2005 - 6:05 AM)QUOTE(d... Jun 30, 2005 - 8:57 AM Zasper so do they make plain fiberglass hoods for our car... Jun 30, 2005 - 10:40 AM mark_426 You can get them custom... I got quoted about 500 ... Jun 30, 2005 - 11:40 AM Supersprynt That'd be a gigantic waste of money. Jun 30, 2005 - 12:24 PM dustin15brown Mark.. what's the point of that? Jun 30, 2005 - 12:39 PM mark_426 price difference, weight difference, actually fits... Jun 30, 2005 - 3:22 PM dustin15brown Nope because Doggy hasn't finished the cf cool... Jun 30, 2005 - 4:14 PM Consynx yes, i have...
have to because my classes mention ... Jun 30, 2005 - 4:24 PM SimmaDownNow QUOTE(Consynx @ Jun 30, 2005 - 9:24 PM)yes, i... Jun 30, 2005 - 8:12 PM Consynx it's in buying selling. Jul 1, 2005 - 12:19 AM |
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