the corral has a big sticky thread on a guy that's making his whole car of carbon fiber, but around here, I'm pretty sure nobody in the 94/95 section is running anything carbon fiber
OMFG! I just spent the past couple hours going through that entire thread. I am speechless. This guy is friggin talented! I can't believe he's just an insurance broker! By far the most in depth and astonishingly informative project thread I've ever read, with Guero's fart thread coming in second.
A CF hood just isn't worth the cost unless you just happen to find one with a really cool shape that you just gotta have. Otherwise, what's saving 15-20lbs gonna do for you. Just WAY too much time and effort into something when he could have just gone with something cooler like a factory five kit and molded THOSE panels with CF.
Would it even be that much? It's not like our hoods weigh all that much to being with. No, but when I go to Autozone and buy plastic hoodpins, a light-up tailpipe, LED washer nozzles, and an official Fast and Furious map light, I'll let you know.
I don't consider a carbon fiber hood tacky, let alone rice, as it seems like you're trying to imply here... It is a weight saving part, and if I could afford to have carbon fiber peices instead of metal and fiberglass, damn rights I would do it. LED washer nozzles are ridiculous, yes, but carbon fiber to reduce weight is a sure way to get you down the track quicker...
Please don't put a carbon fiber hood on your car. It looks perfect the way it is. Seriously though, Carbon fiber hoods look horribly ugly when left unpainted. So even if it is functional, it's still tacky. And yes, I consider them to be rice. Most people I see that put them on their cars are what you would consider ricers. The margin that a CF hood would help in performance is minimal; but the change in looks is dramatic. THAT is why most people do it. You do realize this, right? IMO, putting a tacky looking hood on your car should be the last resort. Only after you have tried all other means of making your car fast should you put a CF hood on. A huge wing can potentially help us get our cars down a track quicker. Would you put one on your car, or not say it's rice if you see one on a Mustang?
Yeah I guess it might save 10 or so lbs. I know his hood finished weighs around 10lbs and the stock hood is probably 20ish lbs but I've never weighed it.
I find it interesting what he is doing the whole cf body, but with the amount of time and money its taking, I hope hes gonna keep his car..
No no, I understand what you're saying, but I still don't believe the concept of a carbon fiber hood is ricey, or tacky....and I definitely agree, I would be one to paint a carbon fiber peice if I were to ever decide to go CF crazy...not painting the hood is somebody showing it off, and usually those people have something to prove, because they are driving a civic or whatnot. However, the guy on the corral is shooting for a sub 2400 lb mustang....I don't think anybody will ever go to his extent, but I hope you see that every pound lost does count, even if you're trying to get your mustang down to a hefty weight of 3100 lbs.... does that make any sense?
It makes sense. I know that most supercars use extensive Carbon Fiber. But I wasn't talking about supercars or even the guy on corral.net. I was referring to the title of the thread, and the idea of ONLY adding a CF hood. My answer is, NO, it hasn't come over to the domestic side, just like all the Autozone crap I listed didn't come over.
