Ok im tired of hearing both sides of this story....the story of carbon fiber hoods.

Does a carbon fiber hood actually weigh less than our hood? I find it hard to believe considering that the s2k hood is made of ALUMINUM not steel. If i were to buy a OEM carbon fiber hood, what kind of weight savings am i looking at? I dont want a mg, or or some vented thing. I want a OEM because im going for weight savings.

Let me know

 

Hmm from what i have read on the boards, our hood is already pretty light weight and a carbon fiber would benefit if you are a serious track man or just lookin for alittle bling, thats the most of what i have read but i could most likely be wrong for im not sure of exactly what a stock hood weighs compared to a CF hood

 

i think dry carbon hoods give more of a weight saving than those mg "style" aka seibon hoods.

 

You will save more weight by removing the tools and spare tire from the rear

Total cost ~ $0.00


Yes the hood is aluminum

 

I already removed the spare tire, and tools...i have a test pipe, and invidia exhaust. Not much more to get lighter is there

 

Rear trunk is heavy. If i were to buy CF I would think about that.

Besides that the heavy parts of the car are the fenders and the doors.

 

i dont know how much you weigh but i suggest loosing about 15 or 20 lbs from that beer belly.

 

I sometimes wonder: Wouldn't removing spare tire and tools in the trunk throw the 50/50 weight distribution off? (especially when you have close to empty tank of gas)

 

[QUOTE=Ks320,Oct 18 2006, 04:20 PM] I sometimes wonder:

 

Single exhaust .....lose weight pick up a couple of HP too