Carbon fiber hood

bentley429isBAC · Nov 4, 2011

Going to look at a local hood tonight. Reasonably priced and supposed to be real nice so well see.

bentley429isBAC · Nov 5, 2011

90lxcoupe · Nov 5, 2011

eff you cee kay that Josh, bring it back to the guy and just get a boss inc fiberglass hood. Shipping is free to a terminal, and they are pretty light and fit mint.

Shaolin Crane · Nov 5, 2011

Yeah i would hassle the dude about it

90lxcoupe · Nov 5, 2011

Cowl Hood 1987-1993

22 lbs, fits good and its 400 bucks.

Shaolin Crane · Nov 5, 2011

90lxcoupe said:
Cowl Hood 1987-1993

22 lbs, fits good and its 400 bucks.

I hear good things but hate the shape of the cowl

bentley429isBAC · Nov 5, 2011

Jam gonna prob gut my stock hood tomorrow morning see what I can get it to.

bentley429isBAC · Nov 5, 2011

Should listened to you to start with jeff lol. Wish I wasent so stubborn.

Shaolin Crane · Nov 5, 2011

Was the hood cheap?

bentley429isBAC · Nov 6, 2011

Eh not really cheap.

Shaolin Crane · Nov 6, 2011

bentley429isBAC said:
Eh not really cheap.

Yeah then hassle him, im dealing with fiberglass body work because of the measly $100 i payed for it, if my budget was a but bigger i would have bought a nicer hood. Fits ok, but we'll see what it looks like after the fenders and bumper cover are back on.

I was thinking what it would take to make a lift off hood in aluminum. A basic welding shop will have a radius break and bead stamper. I wonder if i could have a piece of aluminum rolled at the same degree as the front the have him punch a bead about 1" high that slightly resembles the stock lines then i could cut to fit everything else, the hood would weigh like 10lbs and i could even keep it a bolt on if i wanted. Theyre just dreams though

Noobz347 · Nov 6, 2011

Kind of off-topic but I'm really diggin' these hood latches. They look like they'd be a PITA to install though.

ReefBlueHatch · Nov 6, 2011

Cough, cough!
1987-1993 Mustang Stock Fiberglass Hood

bentley429isBAC · Nov 6, 2011

Yea I know they make them I just wasent really looking to spend $1,000 on a hood after paint. I just gutted the stocker pretty good and the battery in the scale died, so I will have to have a weight later today. It is flimsy, but once its on the car I doubt that will be the case. If I had to guess its around 28 lbs, which is only 6 lbs more then the stock glass hood just posted. Going to have napa mix me up a spray bomb can for the underside of the hood and sray away. If the guy that sold me the hood doesnt want to help me out I will prob end up just trying to sell it to a local that doesnt care how it fits just that is carbon fiber.

LarsD · Nov 6, 2011

Noobz347 said:
Kind of off-topic but I'm really diggin' these hood latches. They look like they'd be a PITA to install though.

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I took me about 7-8 hours to install them. That was with me measuring five times before I would cut or drill something. They were also pretty difficult to install on a bugeye hood seeing as it doesn't have many flat surfaces, and at the time I was the only one with them on a bugeye (afaik). However, I got the CF pattern ones, and it matched up nearly perfect with the hood's CF pattern. They look really good in person.

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bentley429isBAC · Nov 6, 2011

Well I weighed it, not quite as light as I wanted...its 30 lbs and its pretty much cut up to the max I'd feel comfortable with.

90lxcoupe · Nov 6, 2011

Just add one pound of bewst and it will make up for the extra weight lol. Once you get that car dialed its gonna fly.

Shaolin Crane said:
I hear good things but hate the shape of the cowl

I was skeptical about the cowl shape but i love it on my car and im glad i went with it. People done even notice that its wider and its got a much nicer rise than others ive seen. It also has the same amount of clearance on the front of the intake as a 4" does but its only 3.25"

bentley429isBAC · Nov 6, 2011

Yea I hope so, funny I thought putting a decent mota in it and slapping the blower one and it was ready to roll. That was a year and a half ago lol. Its finally going to be 100% ready in the spring for sure. Old cage is out interior is gutted and Paul is gonna start working on a "10 point" in the next couple weeks.

90lxcoupe · Nov 7, 2011

Nice, is he doing it at the shop or at his house? I want him to do update mine to 8.50 this winter, ill prob pull the dash after christmas

bentley429isBAC · Nov 7, 2011

Iam trying to get him to do it at my house actually just bring his tig over and do it over a couple weekends. He said it will take him around 40 hours for everything I am looking to do. If not ill bring it to his house. Gonna order the materials this week. Is yours a 8 point now? How many kits are going in it? 150/300 I hope!

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