what do you estimate a cost for a hood will be (fiberglass)?

Between $175-$225. $175 if things go well and there isn't much work to be done to make the mold. $225 if we have to fabricate the scoop completely and it ends up being more labor intesive than we thought. More than likely will be $200.

REMINDER: I am not making money off of this. I want to help you guys out and give my guys something to do since it is a little slow. I'm not trying to step on any toes by selling stuff here. If there is a problem with that admins, please let me know.

http://www.italiaspeed.com/2006/moto...aranello_1.jpg

but all I really want is a vent in front of the hump with a .75-1" air foil. Simple, almost stock, sexy time.

Oh yeah, that screams simple right there. I know what you mean though

just make sure you tuck your sack, Hannibal.....:giggle:

Actually, you mean Jame Gumb, a.k.a. "Buffalo Bill". Hannibal was not a transexual necropheliac..

Anyway, I am with Y8. Small and hairless.... er... I mean, please consider something for NB. Simple and functional. And not ghetto ugly like the current 'extractor' offerings at cr.net.

This is pretty sick
If i was in CT, i would pick this up in a flash.

aftermarket miata autokonexion hood:eBay Motors (item 280382625774 end time Aug-14-09 14:10:34 PDT)

The scoop is iirc 18x10, you need about 1/2 on each side so 17x9 would be the biggest the hole should be.
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don't copy the autokkkoonexun hood becuase it won't fit with a '99 motor.

That issue was fixed in a subsequent run...

well the new one for the NB will lol

Just don't put the extractor TOO far back"

http://www.boostedmiata.com/random/hood2.jpg

http://www.boostedmiata.com/random/hood3.jpg




I like simplicity:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC_2496.jpg

make this.

That's what I am going for. I will make a regular headlight version of it first and if things go well, then a no headlight version.

It's simple, mold a carbon trix scoop into a stock hood, make copies in fiberglass and sell them. Done
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SHHHHHHHHH! Already have the scoop on the way

Haha, awesome.
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For your next project, please make this body kit but for an NB Miata.

Count me in for one. :)

I'd like to pick up that and my bumper next weekend. I may even bring a little Piraat to show my appreciation.

Hopefully it is all done by then. It is all up in the air right now, but I will know better on friday. If I have the scoop in by then, I can make it over the weekend. If not, then the trip may need to be postponed until the 29th.

That's fine...I would rather not do it next weekend anyway (traveling home from Santa Fe).

why the shit not?

A 99 top end is about to go into my car, and i have the autocockbullshitty hood..

:vash:

the intake plenum sits too high so the throttle body pipe will hit the hood.

Both hoods (the original Autokensinzxnxonzaz copied) I posted above had dremel surgery to clear the VC. it's fun to cut fiberglass, it's like butter and makes a mess, very satisfying.


what;s said is I bought that extractor in Nov of '07 with the hopes of getting it molded to my hood....sigh. Now everyone is going to have it and I won't be the cool OG with it.

Just cut the hood and leave a raw gaping hole. Works for me :p

I like the pricing in this thread!

any pictures of previous work that you have accomplished?

just lean back, and open ya mouth.

Okay, wheres the hood?!?!!!

Any update on this?

PLEASE Don't disappoint!!

I am seriously about to pull the trigger on the Carbontrixmegastylin hood scoop thingie so I am interested in status as well. That CR extractor hood group buy is getting nowhere in a hurry. And, whether the Autokonexiondriftingbuttsex hood sucks or not, it is more than I want to spend.

I need one for an NA BTW. The NB is being relegated to street duty so no need.

I'd rather have an affordable fiberglass hard top. Everywhere i look they are more than 2k...

if its strict to bumpers/body kit/hood only then a wide bodykit that doesnt make the car look like poo would be great.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4...me20071mp1.jpg


http://www.0-60mag.com/online/wp-con...-extrema-1.jpg


http://www.niot.net/blog-images/11_A...us-extrema.jpg

^^ Those cars are damn sexy. I admit it, I have an erection.

EDIT: You know of course that kind of hood is really not possible on a front-engine car.

I am definitely interested in this hood as well! I have been looking into extractor hoods for a little while now.

yup, sadly the vents go way too low otherwise it would look sexy as hell :(

this is something that would work though assuming the vents are moved off to the outsides of the hood like above the headlights all the way back. Also according to that image thats where the lowest pressure is so even better.

http://www.anytuning.com/wp-content/...rr-concept.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ine/NBHOOD.jpg

now i wonder where is the highest pressure underneath the hood in the engine compartment.

Behind the radiator...


From Perryrace:

V8Roadsters.com • View topic - 99 Miata LS1 Build "Twice as Nice"

"A small hose is connected to the gauge and then the end of the hose is positioned at 90 degrees to the air flow being measured. I therefore attached one end of the hose to the gauge and the other to a pole. We then drove down the highway at 60 MPH and mapped the pressure across the hood (hood was on a 94 Miata).

We then mounted the hose end in front of the radiator, and then behind the radiator. Again all measurements were taken at 60 MPH. The front of the radiator was measured at 1.25 and the rear of the radiator was measured at .65.

Therefore the pressure difference was .6

You can see here that there is still a positive pressure behind the radiator. In an ideal world there would be negative pressure behind the radiator. This would then draw air through the radiator. We thought that we could improve the air flow through the radiator by utilizing the low pressure zone as mapped on the hood. "

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"So it was time to cut holes is the hood and see if there was a difference. I had a hail damaged hood on hand and utilizing the pressure map above we cut two holes in the hood and then measured the results.

Pressure behind the radiator was now at .22 (vs. .6 above) or a difference of 1.03 (vs .6 before the holes)."

in other words those holes did a big difference in pressure drop behind the radiator.

Those holes also reduced all that air what would have to otherwise go underneath the car.

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Make this, in FRP, for $200ish, without headlight lids, and I will buy one tomorrow.

Mold it without headlights, but leave the little lines in. If someone wants headlights, they buy a scoop and stick it on their stock hood. If they want it molded in, they cut the headlight lids out and use it. If they want to fuck tens, they run it with molded-in headlight lids and ditch their 6lb-per-side headlight buckets/motors.

Do that in FRP for 200ish for NB and I will buy it tomorrow as well....

nobody cares about your crappy NB, I suggest you wreck it, take all your parts and your engine, and buy a 90 shell. Shave 200lbs and join the gentleman's club.

wow looks like Savington has a thing for those barn doors :)

They should have measured the hoods with those puppies up, i bet ya it would have been VERY different

Haha. It's common to envy the better chassis. The rollbar is in now. Thanks.

That's the GV lid I've wanted all along. Why the hell hasn't someone knocked this off yet?!?

When a car is track only like Savington's the barn doors are useless. The lamps, motors and hardware is all dead weight to get rid of.

Looking at that write up at V8 roadster the guy did a good job with research. As he ended up doing, simply installing louvers at the lower pressure area like Aston and Jag is effective.

V8 roaster guy
http://v8roadsters.net/forum/downloa...php?id=104&t=1

Jag xkr
http://www.jaguar-addict.co.uk/acata...xkr-2005-P.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8505/254rpo.jpg
Nice bunper..

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9692/photoqg.jpg
Nice hood!!

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4853/stfmx58.jpg
Another

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7052/65085218full.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/307/f702b6f5.jpg
An old buthe motorsport bodykit...


IL motorsport...

ironing?



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So you want rain to pour on your engine?

Pardon me if you park in the garage.

I park outside, and the rain wouldnt really bother me, their shouldnt be anything in there prone to rusting

I don't like when my shit gets wet. Personal preference IMO.

there are spark plug boots that can get wet and prevent your car from running...

I wouldnt wnat the vent that far back lol

While I like that Im assuming its completely useless. Where does the air go?

+1 on the flat extractor w/o bulge and no barn doors,I got yo' money when they are ready!
-G-

Unless it is sealed to the engine intake it is worse than useless because it is probably increasing the pressure under the hood.

Sorry I have been away for a little from this. I just got married and things have been crazy with getting everything planned and then having to go out of town for business right afterward.

I have made some good progress on the hood, but it will still be a few weeks as things at work have picked up a little. I will post up some pictures this next week of what we get done. The scoop is in place, but now we just have to put the putty all around it to make it look good.

Congrats on getting married.

Looking forward to pics. By scoop u mean scoop (wrx/mini/speed3) or extractor (evo)?

extractor. It will be a lot like the carbontrix extractor vent posted earlier and placed directly behind the radiator.

Look forward to seeing it.

Congrats on marriage.

Sweet!!

Going on Sav's advice, I'm actually thinking you should make the master mold without headlight covers cut, but leave the lines in there. Offer for an extra 20$ or something to "finish" cut the headlight covers out for us with popups.

Actually considering an alternative solution and leaving the headlight covers ON the hood I order...

Bump, reaffirming my commitment to buy one if you make it with the headlight covers molded in and a GarageHundred-style vent.