Carbon Fiber Hood // Why Get One?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Why do people upgrade to Carbon Fiber hoods? In this I talk about the advantages of adding Carbon Fiber parts more specifically a hood to your car. Click on this video to find out the big advantage to upgrading car parts with carbon fiber.
did a little research on the weight difference between carbon fiber and i found out that weight for weight carbon fiber is 2 to 5 times more rigid than aluminum meaning that it could potentially weigh 2 to 5 times less than what it replaces. that's pretty significant. think about your hood weighing 1/5 of what it is now. they estimate carbon fiber weighs about 40% less per unit volume than aluminum while being 10 times stronger. so being that it doesn't need to be 10 times stronger it could be made thinner therefore saving even more than 40% weight
Hell yah - thank you for digging deeper on that. Great stuff
R/T Life absolutely man, thanks for always finding great topics to discuss. I never even thought about carbon fiber for my charger, that really would make a nice difference. I think carbon fiber would look killer in contrast to that B5 Blue, a nice carbon fiber chin spoiler or wing or some side skirts and maybe a hood. I think that would look amazing. just some ideas to throw out there. wish it was cheaper ...
Timothy Gonzalez that is a significant weight difference
Rydin N Style imagine being able to get carbon fiber hood, fenders and trunk. you'd have to save close to 100lbs+
True they might weigh a bit more. But if you were to get a Hellcat hood, the increased air flow through the engine bay would help out. I am thinking of going with one on my '10 Challenger SRT, as it would look good and should cool that Hemi down as well.
I love the carbon fiber look on the charger it makes the car look like it's alive and breathing.
It does have a pretty awesome look to it - esp if it's a hellcat hood
Carbon fiber looks great that is the only real advantage from my experience. The weight difference is minimal on our cars not enough to see an improvement in your times. One that is vented will help with under hood temps just make sure they do not allow water to drain directly onto electronics (expensive lesson learned). From my experience carbon fiber and the sun do not get along so you will probably want to go to body shop and have several coats of clear applied and keep a good layer of wax on it. Maybe I had a worse than typical experience so your mileage may vary.
I'm not really planning on doing this - Those hoods are like $1000... To me you start doing these kinds of mods when you can no longer upgrade the engine. You start trying to find other ways to help improve times so dropping weight will help. However you're right about it not having that much of a difference esp. with a car so close to stock.
I've also been thinking about getting a hellcat one for my Challenger. Mainly because these hemis run hotter than most V8s do, and they extract heat from the engine bay a lot better than stock. Was looking at one by amerahood as well as carbon creations, and was checking to see which ones had the best reviews. It is an SRT8 and does have air induction, but the vents are not very big as you all know and don't move that much air. The stock one is made of aluminum, so I'm not sure how much lighter they are. We've been working on making it lighter, and just recently got new lightweight racing wheels wrapped in MTs and a Braille battery. The first mod we did was to get rid of that heavy exhaust system with those huge suitcase resos, and dropped about 60lbs on that alone. The new one has open chamber racing bullets, but no resonators and is super lightweight. Haven't had it on a scale yet, but I'm guessing that it's under 4k now because it's one of the early ones and weighed 4140 from the factory. BTW racer X, you have one of the best channels going and love the Mopar content
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Most sport shops recommend hood pins because they have a tendency to fly open at higher speeds, that made me decide against getting one
damn man that would be nuts if that happened. I haven't heard about that...
I also learned Dodge had issues with the metal latch the locks the hood down and the aluminum hood material don't mix and may start to corrode over time, causing even stock hoods to become unstable and potentially fly open at higher speeds.
RP productions was saying something like that with his scat - pretty sure that was him
I confirmed with 2 separate body shops, but the dealerships have no idea what I'm talking about...hmmmm
Rydin N Style u was beginning to say that about needing hood pins. If you plan on going mach 5 speeds then yea u should get some
Carbon fiber tire stem caps = 5 hps
really, I thought it would be a little more! great stuff
MYute87 with SRT logo...20+
Americans: I got a carbon fiber hood!
Me: you still 400 pounds😂
Me: I can still beat you in a race!
@@RTLifeAlso me: with the same Charger that's been in the "shop" forever now?
@@fulcrumsee5968 Also me: Yes. It's done, just not in the driveway yet.
hopefully they can drop it off within the next week or 2
I would love to lighten up my Charger! I think even a hundred pounds or two would really make a difference. Ive actually considered taking out my back seat, I never use it.
Shedding some weight is nice for sure! If this ever becomes a secondary car, it's going to go on a diet.
Take as much rotational weight off first, then look elsewhere. I'd go carbon fiber driveshaft before a hood especially if you're looking to go up on power.
If you are expecting a carbon fiber hood to be perfect you will most likely will be disappointed.They look great in pictures and videos. Real life, many times NOPE! Unless you can inspect the hood before it's shipped and make sure there are no imperfections and waves you may want to think twice. You may get lucky, but most likely you will not.
I was looking into getting one and painting it...the guy who painted my bumper would spray it for me for like 200 dollars.
That's a great price - it will def help these RT's shed some of that weight!
The Srt hoods are Aluminum I wonder what the weight difference would be.
If you find out def let me know - I would be interested in that.
R/T Life My mistake the hoods are notFiberglass they are aluminum and on the Dodge Challenger 15 and up the weight of the hood is 17 pounds without the insulation its 12 pounds .The carbon fiber hoods or saying they are up to 70% lighter but do not give you awake
''aluminium''
Why don't you do a video on ceramic brakes
I will put that in the old back pocket - thank you for the idea
I almost bought the duraflex hood but found out it was just plastic wrapped in a layer of carbon fiber...and it doesn't line up with the curves on the front fascia. Whew, dodged a bullet there
hahaha yah that would've been a headache - was it a hellcat replica hood?
It was, but the down side of that hood is the screen opening is right over the intake filter, allowing extra water, dust, and debris in to the engine bay.
Never thought about a carbon fiber hood. Some carbon fiber in the interior of my car might be nice though.
It's a lot lighter & looks cool - his is a very far down the road upgrade for me
Yes it looks good and has advantages, but I just got a ceramic coat. A carbon fiber hood for me would mean losing part of the money spent on the coat. Maybe down the road for me too.
I found a used one for a hundred bucks.. .. don't think it's a bad buy.
I actually planned on getting a carbon fiber hood for the Daytona. Id want it wrapped tho matte black. I found hell cat style hood for 800 bucks. Idk we will see what happens.
That's a really awesome price - all the ones I've spotted are in the 1K range plus shipping
R/T Life Jeeze! Yeah I found a few over 1k to
K 1500 please tell me it's not the duraflex
Rydin N Style no
www.carid.com/carbon-creations/hellcat-style-carbon-fiber-hood-mpn-112615.html?view=398110&gclid=CjwKCAjwpfzOBRA5EiwAU0ccN9LTOKX_1uNtYgc4HahSPrMT_K1_EDXOYFneoRQM7bYiA2o4_pTQORoCFhgQAvD_BwE
Here is the link for it
I was thinking of getting one.. but they are expensive.
They're def pricey - was looking at one online. It was a hellcat carbon fiber hood, very cool.
R/T Life they are really cool. I also think it will help cool the engine. My engine bay is always hot.
I will have one next spring, else the dealer will swap mine hood for a hellcat. It’s corroding and it should be coved. Be who knows with them.
Someone else just said the same - if you get one then you should get a thick layer of clear coat to protect it
johnnypro so it is true
B5 blue carbon fiber weave hood would look amazing.
Agreed, I do like the idea of making this thing lighter though.
Which one are you looking to get
None - just answer a question.
R/T Life oh ok putting a carbon fiber hood on our cars definitely lightens the load but it's not a big difference you can feel unless you got supporting mods
I had a carbon fiber hood, stay away from carbon creations they're garbage, I bought mine off car id.they made me destroy it when it wasn't fitting properly . Bought a factory srt hood,it was half the weight of the carbon fiber hood.
Thank you for the heads up - I don't know what I'm going to do for a hood. Was kicking around putting a shaker on it. Would be very unique
I know danko makes kits but only for the 05-10 models. Look up a sniper hood it's basically a viper hood, lots of ventilation and the company that makes them has a positive rep. You can get a carbon fiber one fro. Them for last I checked about 950, or you can get a remake of my gens srt hood on it that would be really unique lol
Because race car bro, duh!!
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Why not aluminum hood... Wait I think that's what most are now.
With a carbon fiber hood you can lift with one hand with a aluminum hood in pretty sure your going to need to use both hands and some muscle
You shouldn't have bothered making this video
I hear ya
no shit?
I personally hate the look of cars with just carbon fiber hoods. If the only carbon fiber thing you are going to have is the hood, paint it.
Yah I would wrap my hood black - def understand what you mean
painting it defeats the purpose