Well I finally got around to doing a little more work to the hood.....It still isn't finished, but will be later. I just threw a quick coat of black paint on it cus i got sick and tired of it rusting....
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hell ya id be down for a hood like that!! boooya! thats a pimp ****ing job dude!!91 323 GTX @ 16psi, 5 speed || December 07 R.O.T.M.
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Thanks guys, well me making a full fiberglass hood would weigh more than someone who mass produces them. I'm not sure exactly how they go about making them, but the way I do it is definately heavier. I think its because of how much resin I use though. Not only that it would be a lot of work and I am not to sure that I can make a whole hood, then design the brace or whatever its called to keep the hood sturdy. I wasn't even sure that I caould make the mold of the hood scoop and it come out allright, even though I ran into a few problems, it wasn't to bad for the most part. If someone could find a place to do a GB and use my hood for the mold i'm all for it, I would just need a stock hood so I can have one on my car. That is how they do it anyways mold the scoop onto a stock hood then get it looking cherry then make the mold. I don't know if I would want to make them though it is quite a bit of work...
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i like having my car stand out......i dont like having the same crap every1 else has on there cars.....91 323 GTX @ 16psi, 5 speed || December 07 R.O.T.M.
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the reason big companies hoods are lighter is that they use a vaccume press. where you place a "breather aka absorbing matterial over the mold wrap it in a plastic bag. Hook it up to a vaccum and the plastic bag will squeese out the excess resin into the breather material.When you turn your car on... does it return the favor?
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Originally posted by Protossthe reason big companies hoods are lighter is that they use a vaccume press. where you place a "breather aka absorbing matterial over the mold wrap it in a plastic bag. Hook it up to a vaccum and the plastic bag will squeese out the excess resin into the breather material.
I make fiberglass hoods (see page 6 of : http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4110 ) and I don't even use a vacuum when molding the hoods and I still managed of cut the weight in half on the 3rd gen hood I make. I work in aviation too and have used vacuum often and I can say there is not much resin going in the absorbing material IF there wasn't too much resin poured in at first of course.
The main reason I would use a vacuum would be to make the production faster. When made by hand like I do, I must watch for air trapped everywhere in the fiberglass layers and blow 'em up. It's a VERY long process.
With the vacuum, the pressure applied on the wet fiberglass will take those bubbles out instantly. So that's why it's a lot faster. Makes for a nicer more constant production.
Just wanted to post my experience with fiberglass!
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