question about fiber glasshood

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:26 am

I want to make a evo 7 type fiberglass hood for my nubira. Why?
1- I like it.
2- weight lost 80lb + or -.
3- to keep the engine cooler.
4- Get a street racing look
5- be the only one.

Any how. Any one here have or have see one? + and - about it?

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:31 am

80lbs less? doesnt the stock hood only weight that?

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:33 am

kinkyllama wrote:80lbs less? doesnt the stock hood only weight that?

he's gonna infuse it with helium so it doesn't weigh anything :lmao: (jk)

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:27 am

kinkyllama wrote:80lbs less? doesnt the stock hood only weight that?

I'm not shure how much the hood weight for that reason I put + or -..more or less. I just know that the hood weight a lot.

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:15 pm

I don't know about the dimensions but i Know RRM makes an Evo 7 Hood for the Lancer Ralliart, it might be possible that it could fit.

I don't knwo the exact dimensions you're toying with tho....

I know Kia-fx.com has an Evo hood for the Sephia/Spectra....

It may be possible to use one of those instead of having to go custom.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed May 04, 2005 1:34 pm

You'd probably lose about 40 pounds. I wanted a carbon/fiber hood awhile back till i found out how little weight it lost...

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:16 pm

I thinks is a little more than 40lb.

If I buy a kia hood it will be the same custom project. So I prefere to make a custom for the nubi and just pay one time.

Any how. The question. Any thing negative about a carbon fiber hood?

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:39 pm

mocpac_ser wrote: Any thing negative about a carbon fiber hood?

They're very light and might fly off, that's why you have to use the pins. I was looking to buy an Accord, before I bought a Lanos, and it had a cf hood. It was soooo light I could lift it with just a nail of my finger.

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:52 pm

and any thing negative about fiber glass hoods?

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:31 pm

mocpac_ser wrote:and any thing negative about fiber glass hoods?

Someone could easily rest against your hood and break it

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:26 pm

if you are doing the hood mod for weight reduction purposes only, by all means do it yourself...

if you want the underside to look even half-way good... don't...

unless you autoclave carbon fiber, it is impossible to get a perfectly smooth finish on both sides, even with a gel coat. the underside of your hood would be all nasty lookin. also, the strength wouldn't be nearly as high if you did it yourself and you might have to go with additional layers of fiber... i know from expirience that a non-autoclaved piece of cf (3 laters thick) will still flex and bend under small loads (10-20lbs).

now... if someone wanted to use an aluminum or carbon honey-comb with carbon on both sides, i'd say you could get the weight down around 30 pounds and could sit an elephant on your hood... but that's expensive.

if you just want an evo hood cause it looks cool... look at the skeleton of the STOCK hood... there is a HUGE void right where that would be... just cut the hood and fold it yourself, much easier, a whole lot freakin cheaper, and functional.

i know where to get it done... but i want a polycarbonate hood (lexan)...

-my two cents

mocpac · Post by **mocpac** » Wed May 04, 2005 10:09 pm

Audacityracing wrote:now... if someone wanted to use an aluminum or carbon honey-comb with carbon on both sides, i'd say you could get the weight down around 30 pounds and could sit an elephant on your hood... but that's expensive.

yes bring an Elephant to Puerto Rico is expensive.

I want look, but I know if I change the hood for a FG hood I will also get a good lost weight. Maybe just make the holes will be better and cheaper..

Or reinforce the hood with some metal skeleton

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:00 am

if you wanted to do carbon fiber.. its not as hard as you would think.. i have seen professionals do carbon fiber.. all you really need is some damn strong and heat resistant plastic bang/sheets and a super vacum and a really big oven// nothing out of hte ordenary though right??

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Thu May 05, 2005 12:18 am

WooHoo wrote:if you wanted to do carbon fiber.. its not as hard as you would think.. i have seen professionals do carbon fiber.. all you really need is some damn strong and heat resistant plastic bang/sheets and a super vacum and a really big oven// nothing out of hte ordenary though right??

you can get do it yourself vacuum kits from aircraft spruce ( http://www.aircraftspurce.com ) but it's hard to get the wrinkles out. to get smoothness on both sides it's best to use an autoclave to bake eveything together. to buy the vacuum kit, it's over 300 bucks plus the cost of materials. i really don't know that the weight reduction in the hood is worth the effort put into it. the is better weight loss in the removal of your un-needed ineterior parts. we have an autoclave here at school to do stuff, but one big enough for a hood would be quite expensive. again i say it... just cut your stock hood...

plus... who wantes to make the friggin mold for the hood?!?!?! the molds take longer than the parts cause they have to be perfectly smooth...

long and short... cf and fiberglass aren't worth it for a daewoo

unfortunately

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Thu May 05, 2005 3:11 am

Audacityracing wrote: long and short... cf and fiberglass aren't worth it for a daewoo unfortunately

oh it's worth it... the performance impact of dropping 30 lbs for something that'll cost at most $400-$500 to have made is worth it. Besides, it'd be original as hell. Major show points