Carbon fiber hood

[ivanko]

Anyone know of the source for a quality carbon fiber stock appearing hood?

Adam Auerbach

 

[bdubb]

BG has one on his syclone, and it looks like ass. got shipped by greyhound (the bus company) and didnt come with bolts, and you couldnt use the stock bolts..


IMO, POS hood. good idea thou.

 

[ParTyBoy]

BG has one on his syclone, and it looks like ass. got shipped by greyhound (the bus company) and didnt come with bolts, and you couldnt use the stock bolts..


IMO, POS hood. good idea thou.

What ever happened to the Peter Humblias project... fenders, hoods, cab, tailgates??

 

[bdubb]

he prolly wrote it on his feet and cant see it now, b/c of his large abs.

 

[ivanko]

Ok. Sounds like the CF hoods are a dud.

Anyone make a stock appearing lightweight hood. Fiberglass perhaps?

I want the truck to remain the way it looked from the factory.

I don't like the cowl induction hoods. They look fine on a tractor puller, but not on a Syclone, IMO.


Adam

 

[TheObiJuan]

what about a ram air hood. like pete's.

 

[smeagol]

The CF hood I have isn't all that bad to tell you the truth. The fit is ok, the only gripe I have really (so far) is the front edge of the hood isn't finished, like they should have rolled that edge under. Now when I prep it for paint, I have to worry about using the right material to fill & sand etc.

 

[Phoon30]

What ever happened to the Peter Humblias project... fenders, hoods, cab, tailgates??

He got the hood made and never heard back from the guy who made it for him. It's ridiculously light. Like 3-5 lbs.

 

[ghettosled]

the hood is going to be light, but when you add the re-inforcements necessary to use the hood latches it adds some wieght. A pin on hood will be like a feather.

 

[7dhamper]

U.S. Parts Unlimited makes fiberglass hoods that will bolt on with factory hinges and latch, or use with pins and save a little $$$! For that price would you want at least a 1" rise in it though? Seams like a waist if it will still look boring like a stock S-10 hood. It aint like you can call a Ty or Sy a "sleeper" unless you get rid of the cladding cuz everyone allready knows what's under the hood.
www.up22.com
The fiberglass fenders would be a nice touch also. No more rust!

 

[Captain Morgan]

What ever happened to the Peter Humblias project... fenders, hoods, cab, tailgates??

He got the hood made and never heard back from the guy who made it for him. It's ridiculously light. Like 3-5 lbs.

yep. 3 pounds baby. :angel:

 

[ivanko]

I don't want to change the stock appearance. Why would you call it boring? Must every aspect of the truck be raped? I wan't it to appear as it did off the showroom floor.

 

[TurboManiacal]

I don't want to change the stock appearance. Why would you call it boring? Must every aspect of the truck be raped? I wan't it to appear as it did off the showroom floor.

I've heard of incredible benefits of decreased underhood temps with a 2" cowl hood. Might want to consider it from that perspective

 

[TheObiJuan]

i was going to go with a ram air type hood. but after carefull consideration and taking a trip to jas' site i decided upon the 2" cowl hood. it looks dam sexy and not too aggressive. :wink:
also, keeps engine compartment a lot cooler!!!

 

[ivanko]

I've debated the added cooling benefit wth the aftermarket hood, but I would try everything else before having to resort to the hood. My underhood temps are well under control anyway. I would consider an underhood ducting of some sort that would transfer the heat away from the engine compartment. Someone years ago posted a message about this. They somehow routed the air through the cowl.