UAM New Hood!!! GB to follow soon!

travisjb · 08-26-2011, 04:04 PM

Looks good... did I miss it, or did you post weight difference? won't matter to everyone, but it's big on my list... can't commit without that. Thanks.

Jamaica · 08-26-2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

Looks good... did I miss it, or did you post weight difference? won't matter to everyone, but it's big on my list... can't commit without that. Thanks.

i would have to look at that. CF hood believe it or not weighs more then the OEM hood. (VIS hood)

theDreamer · 08-26-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamaica@UAMotorsports

i would have to look at that. CF hood believe it or not weighs more then the OEM hood. (VIS hood)

That is because they use a carbon fiber wrap around another material to achieve the CF hood. Make a dry carbon hood and you are looking at no more than 5-6lbs for our hood which should shave a few pounds.

Jamaica · 08-26-2011, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

That is because they use a carbon fiber wrap around another material to achieve the CF hood. Make a dry carbon hood and you are looking at no more than 5-6lbs for our hood which should shave a few pounds.

dry CF means more $$$

travisjb · 08-26-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamaica@UAMotorsports

dry CF means more $$$

I'm curious of the FRP weight vs OEM

thanks

fuct · 08-27-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

I'm curious of the FRP weight vs OEM

thanks

same here! the verII seems to be excatly what we need! if its the same weight then i am very interested.

kuriz32 · 08-27-2011, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jamaica@UAMotorsports

uhmm
Koo story bro

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Originally Posted by cheshirecat

The hood doesn't look "hacked up" at all. You may not like the styling, which is fine, but the fit and finish looks top-notch.

So, yeah. Go and make one of these in your garage and I'll be happy to agree with you.

They specifically asked for people's thoughts and opinions, so I shared mine.

I think it looks "hacked up" because it looks like there wasn't much thought put into the design past just cutting some vents into the OEM hood, which anybody can do that knows how to cut sheet metal. The point is that the vents don't have any real aerodynamic design behind them to create the most effective negative pressure areas which make the hood good at heat extraction (what I'm assuming is the intended design in the first place).

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Originally Posted by fuct

then its a good thing it doesnt fit on a 300ZX!

I actually am in the market for a 370z, which is why I joined this board in the first place.

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