How much lighter is a carbon fiber hood compared to a mini cooper hood (non-s)
Thanks!

 

Do you work at all your a posting fool.

 

It's 300 lbs lighter and will add 650hp to your MC. Go for it.

 

very funny guys! Yes i do work, I have two jobs and go to college. I just spend a lot of my free time on here. lol

 

I actually posted on this once...and can't find it (I too have many jobs, and go to college...) But approximately the stock S hood weighs about 3x the weight of a real CF hood (one made by Germans that is totally CF, not just CF laid over resin and glass.)

cheers,

 

Any ideas how much it runs?

 

It's like 10-15 lbs, right? Don't know the exact number.

 

See Jtrem....It's not just me who notices these things! Go get another jobby-job or something.

 

The weight might depend on manufacturer and design.
I recall the M7 CF MCS bonnet was about 19 pounds.

From 2003 a basic search reveals
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=14407
$799 for the MCS with a rough difference of 16 pounds.
In post #27:
1. Weight stock hood no lights or flares.......... 35lbs
2. M7 Carbon Hood same config.............19lbs


Here is one for $638 (MCS)
http://www.kgsengineering.com/vis-ra...d-p-14217.html

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=83712
In post #6 Dopamine says the CF bonnet is not that much lighter than the stock MCS bonnet.

 

Ya Ya YA!

 

Dont bother, my hood weights somewhere around 40 lbs, and i can lift it off by myself with one hand, i dont see the cost vs effect working out in your favor here.

 

Onasled said the same thing....its only a few pouns difference Stock vs CF

It's strictly a looks thing...

 

Actually, I think onasled said that the CF hoods that are commonly sold (CF layer over resin and fiber) offer little weight saving over stock. Real --completely made of-- CF hoods are very expensive and offer significant weight savings, but push the lbs/$ equation very hard into the red zone. So CF hoods that cost less than $1k are very much a bling thing. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

right.....what i meant is that the VIS hood offers no weight savings....you could get a real CF hood, but it would have to be custom

 

Jtrem,

You made 6th gear after only a month or two on NAM? OMG Dude, that's like a year long process for the average Joe.

Hope you're a communications major, if not better change to it.

 

i know i thought i was doing good untill i saw him.

 

none of the cf hoods fit as well as oem. they all have fitting issues. beware of this.