I don't do the above mods to save weight though. That isn't the primary purpose. I put on my AP Brakes to have better braking power and thicker pads/rotors that last longer. I remove the seats to fit in a roll bar(which adds weight back in) and replace the OEM seat with a bucket seat so I can...
I plan on contacting Shelby when they are back from the holidays. I will report what they say in this thread. I will not gatekeep the info.
A 20# savings on a 4180# car isn't much of savings. I had AP Racing brakes on my old GT500 CFTP and that rotating mass reduction was a bigger difference...
Cool, so do you have photos of you weighing both hoods or this just speculation? Again, I would like to see factual data to back up these claims. I don't doubt its lighter but it would be nice to see what the precise weight savings are.
To me, this is more of a show part than a functional part...
Yes but the GT4 and GT500 have different engines, so they have different cooling needs. Just because one hood works on a car in a specific application doesn't mean it will work for another vehicle with different cooling needs. Its not like the IAT temps were compared from stock hood and this...
This hood is a knock-off of the GT4 hood, so I am not convinced there are meaningful cooling or aerodynamic advantages over the stock hood since there is no data to back it up. The trailing edge of this hood compared to the GT4 hood are also very different. The hood is also made by Tuscany for...
If you want to actually lose weight on your car, get rid of the OEM brakes and switch to AP Racing front and rear. You will be losing rotating mass and improving the brakes.
Kind of meaningless to compare when you don't have the raw data from AIM/Racelogic to compare. Also, these are on different days, conditions, drivers, etc....not apples to apples.