jackll

Has anyone run one of these hoods over 150mph?

JoeyG

188.6 so far. May itll see 200.

Milan

Be careful I heard they melt in the rain

4DRUSH

They're actually fiberglass construction with Carbon fiber top veneer = heavy hood

A real all carbon fiber constructed hood will start at $2,500.

JoeyG

they actually turn into pissed of alley cats and pee all over the garage

jackll

Thanks for the reply JoeyG
Thinking about putting one on my car

jackll

Got my hood weighed myself on digital scale then weighed again holding the VIS hood 33.5 pounds difference. Did the same thing with my stock hood, 33.5 pounds.

4DRUSH

That's good to know.


My point was, a true CF hood should be lighter, like 20 pounds lighter


Post a pic of your new hood.

JoeyG

I had to notch mine to clear my Edelbrock Pro-Flo intake and added heat extractor vents to it. I still like the looks of it and quality after hacking it up.

Soul per4mance

Didn't weigh my vis but it was significantly lighter than my oem hood -at 125mph I backed off due to my hood bowing

JoeyG

stock replacement, heat extractor, or 4" cowl induction version? Outta curiousity.

Soul per4mance

The 4inch carbon fiber cowl. No heat extractors. Drag racing was fine but put me on edge at the end because you could see the hood raising and flexing due to the air speed and pressure at 125mph. When I run 1/2 mile airstrip races I switch back to the own hood for my own comfort due to a lot less flex. I remember an article in gm high tech years ago of a participate running a cowl carbon In a top speed shoot out which pretty much Disintegrated during a sub 160 run

jackll

Yoy are right a true CF hood would be much lighter but the 1800 to 2000 dollars I saved on this hood I can spend on more HP.
Here is the pic you requested.

jackll

Your hood must be different than mine. Mine is a VIS 4" cowl. It weighs the exact same as my stock hood. It seems to be quite sturdy. After reading your post about your hood I mounted my gopro to the top of my windshield pointed at the hood. I then made a 160+ mph run. I did not see any movement in the hood.

4DRUSH

Looks good

Keeping it all cf looking?

Painting the hood, keep the cowl cf ?

Painting the whole hood ?

4DRUSH

good test

JoeyG

Trying to link pics with my phone. I cut the rear cross brace and installed a support bridge to clear my Pro-Flo intake. Then I added Runcool extractor vents to the cowl sides

jackll

Thanks
For now I'm going to leave as is, I like the look.
I do like the idea of paint the hood keep the cowl cf

jackll

Nice work, hope you safely hit the 200.
That is one of my goals.

C5 Pete

Damn, that hood looks great... I sure wish I was confident it would clear my new setup.

VFN sunoco hood is on the way...