Vented Carbon Fiber hoods
 

If you have a vented Carbon Fiber hood. Do you worry about water getting on the engine while washing your car? Wont dust get in their easier? Who has one.. lets hear the pro's and cons please...

thanks.

Here is mine, seibon TS hood, no issues with water getting into the engine bay yet..... dust? sure but so much heat dissipates from the hood which is great at the track!

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...10722008_n.jpg

Yes, water can access the engine bay more now but the electronics and air filters are covered. Even after market intakes would place the filters far enough away to not be an issue with most aftermarket hoods.
Dust, more will get in but just means you need to wipe down the engine bay more. Minor negative to the added heat removed and cooling added.

^ what he said.

This thread needs more hood pics ;)

Nice ride!

does that hood have holes for the wind shield washer fluid sprayers?

Again, more hoods would be fantastic!!!

Widebody or angle of pic?

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Angle of photo, some hoods comes with the windshield wiper holes some don't, even some the holes need to be enlarged


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which ones don't have them? I don't have a washer bottle, so I don't need them when I eventually get a vented hood.

I know my Seibon came with it, but I know not all have them....

http://www.the370z.com/members/jason...2-imag2009.jpg

this is the carbon creation hood.. the vents are huge.. had the vents covered with lexan glass cause this was my daily (not anymore) and was afraid of the rain/ water getting in. also got this hood just for looks. anyways it didn't come with washer holes..

This hood is for sale if anyone is interested. Not sure shipping tho. Never ship something like this before. But if your local or near st Louis Mo. Pm me.

i was wondering if your hood is lighter than the stock hood. i heard our aluminum hoods are pretty light.

Before you buy a CF hood, understand that many companies (I think Seibon does this) use fiberglass filling to reduce cost.

If the look is what you want, go for it. In fact I would recommend it. But if you are concerned about performance (every pound on your car matters), I would be careful and find a place that uses only CF in their stuff.

That vented hood looks sick. Wish I was good enough to make that big of a mold. Can you take a pic of the underside of it?

Hey guys yeah i bought this for looks.. not sure bout the weight.. this feels little heavy? Man the vents are huge on this hood. I'm out of town this week in Dallas. Ill get some more pictures when i get back!

I would love to put a CF vented hood on my Z but I need proof that the hood is lighter then the stock one.

Any cf hood laid wet will not be lighter than the stock hood, only reason I added the vented hood is to release engine heat at the track, if I wanted to drop weight then you have to go with a dry cf hood it was just too much money.......

I'm hesitant to say you are wrong, but I think you may be wrong. It doesn't matter if you use dry carbon fiber or wet lay. If you use resin infusion (vacuum bag to pull resin) you will end up with near the same result. Dry will be slightly better, I want to pull attention to the word SLIGHTLY. Unless you are doing 24 hour le mans, you won't need the weight difference between a good resin infusion wet lay and dry CF. To the quoted posters benefit, there is a lot of shitty wet lay carbon fiber stuff out there(supposedly, I don't know this from experience).

Also I'm almost certain a pure CF hood is lighter than the stock hood. Otherwise, why do all RC's use CF? The CF/FG hybrid is probably NOT lighter than the original hood. Same with CF/Kevlar hybrid. But pure CF should be, substantially so.

my statement is for hoods such as Seibon, VIS etc for their wet hoods...... which most people in the forums would buy and not pay 2-4 times more for a dry hood......., pretty much regular aftermarket hoods that you search online are not pure CF hoods.. hence why I said pretty much any wet hood vs dry hood will be heavier to a regular consumers like us............

I can agree to that statement. Just making sure it was clarified :)

lol

i will get one Vented Carbon Fiber hoods on it week :)

How was the Lexan glass stuck on there? im trying to fill my hood cause i dont want to get water sucked up through my cold airs

If anybody cares, I email Seibon awhile back on the weight of the TS hood. Its 21lbs.... stock is 16lbs.

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Sorry for the delay.. just now seeing this. The body shop that put the lexan glass on for me fcuked it up. They caked it on there with glue...I do not recommend doing that. I had another body shop remove it and it looks a lot better without the lexan glass. Im not sure what else to use to cover the vents besides the mesh. Here's a before and after picture

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/9...208abeaeec.jpg

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Daaaamn...I was expecting the hood to be maybe 17-18lbs but not 21. Not a huge increase but still a lot if you are trying to save weight or at least keep it equal. It is tough though with our hood being all aluminum and being 16lbs already. You either go dry CF or modify the stock hood.

Fixed.

VIS CF Vented Hood painted OEM BLack. Pain in the @$$ to detail the engine bay after every single wash. But dang does it help cool the engine bay so well. Fitment is 90% spot on as well :tup:

Also MUCH MUCH MUCH lighter than stock. Granted in order to get a REAL full CF hood your gonna pay out the @$$. But VIS wraps CF over fiberglass so its extremely light. I needed two people to get the OEM hood off but only one person was needed to put the CF hood on. Honestly the weight wasn't even noticeable when installing :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/members/sgtgo...quick-wash.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/sgtgo...ainted-oem.jpg

http://www.myg37.com/forums/members/...work-18359.jpg

do G's not come with an aluminum hood?

no idea.... but congratz on your next posting being 3k! lol

thx Goldy! ill waste it thanking you :tup:

nothing is ever a waste if its used twords me.... LOL

I know I'm reviving an old thread but I was just curious is anyone is using heat shields on their carbon fiber hoods. I don't want my hood to suffer from fading or cracking so I'm wondering if a heat shield is a way to help.

love the wheels, what brand , size, offset , are they ? thanks

whos this question for? Me on my previous post?