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Carbon Fiber Hood question!!!, Issue of wight..............

Oct 14, 2003 - 11:54 AM
PlanetFuzz View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Mar 9, '03 From Knoxville,TN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	ok....I have a question. I was thinking since our cars are front wheel drive does it matter to take all the wight off of the hood? Yea...you would weigh less but would it really matter the amount of wheel traction you would loose? I don't think you would loose any wheel traction but it was a thought. I figure the engine would be enough and also....do you guys with CF hoods notice a difference?? Thanks!

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Oct 24, 2003 - 3:16 AM

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QUOTE (kuya1284 @ Oct 24, 2003 - 12:23 AM)

QUOTE (SilverCell94 @ Oct 23, 2003 - 10:12 PM)

ok any weight reduction will do you better. that also includes losing your own body weight, period

so a CF hood is not useless

It's useless if a CF hood is a person's ONLY plan for weight reduction... But if they plan on reducing weight elsewhere (i.e. your example of body weight =P ), then yes... a CF hood would be a good start...

But if it's merely for looks... I say BAH... IMHO, I think CF hoods only look good on black or really dark colored cars... but that's just me and my own personal feelings...

I agree.

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PlanetFuzz Carbon Fiber Hood question!!! Oct 14, 2003 - 11:54 AM

Supersprynt Putting a carbon fiber hood isnt going to do squat... Oct 14, 2003 - 12:11 PM

FallenHero 10lbs=1hp, basically. Jon Oct 14, 2003 - 6:11 PM

Supersprynt HUH?! Your engine doesnt get more powerful cuz... Oct 14, 2003 - 7:35 PM

94Toy I think that he was saying that for ever 10 lbs yo... Oct 14, 2003 - 7:56 PM

bojangles_8686 I have a cf hood, and really, there isnt a differe... Oct 14, 2003 - 8:05 PM

Supersprynt QUOTE (bojangles_8686 @ Oct 14, 2003 - 9:05 PM) I ... Oct 14, 2003 - 8:14 PM

5sfeTurbo Lossing weight_ your engine performs the same but ... Oct 14, 2003 - 10:07 PM

FallenHero haha, A hood won't give you Hp You took that... Oct 14, 2003 - 10:31 PM

blkGT Get a carbon fiber hood, rip out thos backseats, a... Oct 14, 2003 - 10:49 PM

95ST carbon hoods will not effect your acceleration, ho... Oct 15, 2003 - 9:17 PM

SilverCell94 ok any weight reduction will do you better. that a... Oct 24, 2003 - 12:12 AM

kuya1284 QUOTE (SilverCell94 @ Oct 23, 2003 - 10:12 PM) ok ... Oct 24, 2003 - 2:23 AM

Benevolence QUOTE (kuya1284 @ Oct 24, 2003 - 12:23 AM) QUOTE (... Oct 24, 2003 - 3:16 AM

95STCelica for every 50 lbs you lose, you chop off .1 seconds... Oct 27, 2003 - 1:37 PM

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