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triple88a 09-05-2009 09:09 AM

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

Full_Tilt_Boogie 09-05-2009 10:47 AM

http://to4r.com/nils/DC_evo_hood.jpg

superslow 09-05-2009 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by Savington (Post 450808)
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.

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

cueball1 09-05-2009 02:26 PM


Originally Posted by Savington (Post 450796)
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/DSC_2496.jpg

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.


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

greddymx5 09-05-2009 04:55 PM

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...



Originally Posted by WonTon (Post 440161)
i want to know where in there hell do i get those headlights, been searching for a while and cant turn anything up.....

does anybody know where i can get em?

IL motorsport...

hustler 09-05-2009 05:29 PM


ironing?



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Bond 09-05-2009 07:32 PM


Originally Posted by Full_Tilt_Boogie (Post 450842)

So you want rain to pour on your engine?

Pardon me if you park in the garage.

Full_Tilt_Boogie 09-05-2009 07:34 PM


Originally Posted by Bond (Post 450990)
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

Bond 09-05-2009 07:44 PM


Originally Posted by Full_Tilt_Boogie (Post 450991)
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.

y8s 09-05-2009 09:38 PM


Originally Posted by Full_Tilt_Boogie (Post 450991)
I park outside, and the rain wouldnt really bother me, their shouldnt be anything in there prone to rusting

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

Full_Tilt_Boogie 09-05-2009 09:55 PM


Originally Posted by y8s (Post 451026)
there are spark plug boots that can get wet and prevent your car from running...

I wouldnt wnat the vent that far back lol

icantthink4155 09-06-2009 08:23 AM


Originally Posted by greddymx5 (Post 450953)

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

Reverend Greg 09-06-2009 11:52 AM

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

ZX-Tex 09-06-2009 12:07 PM


Originally Posted by icantthink4155 (Post 451109)
While I like that Im assuming its completely useless. Where does the air go?

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

rharris19 09-11-2009 02:32 AM

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.

superslow 09-11-2009 03:07 AM

Congrats on getting married.

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

rharris19 09-11-2009 03:10 AM

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

naarleven 09-11-2009 03:45 AM

Look forward to seeing it.

Congrats on marriage.

elesjuan 09-11-2009 03:51 AM

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...

Savington 09-28-2009 01:11 AM

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


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