What about stripping the hood's understructure down to loose some weight?

panic · Apr 8, 2016

Today i was looking at my GT's hood's structure and I've seen that even if the upper part is made of alu, there is an under side which seems to be made of heavy steal and that seems to be the very cause of its huge weight.

what if I stripped that steal structure down? Did any of you guys did that mod to loose a good few lbs?

I'm tempted to...

thanks.

Schu · Apr 8, 2016

it's your hood... go ahead.

jasonstang · Apr 8, 2016

So loosing a couple of pounds risking the possibility of hood flop open at high speed?

partyelmarty · Apr 8, 2016

If you want your hood to completely fall in on itself, go for it.

Road Dog · Apr 8, 2016

Translation follows:

Schu said:
it's your hood... go ahead.

jasonstang said:
So loosing a couple of pounds risking the possibility of hood flop open at high speed?

partyelmarty said:
If you want your hood to completely fall in on itself, go for it.

IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

Chameleon · Apr 8, 2016

What were trying to get at it here is, leave it.

BULL1TT · Apr 8, 2016

I did this to the hood and decklid on my 2000 Mustang. I was left with only the top skin. I would definitely put hood pins on it if you decide to do this.

TruBlu16GT · Apr 8, 2016

Stop eating at Wendy's. Problem solved.

StoplightWarrior · Apr 8, 2016

is the hood blanket necessary? I had it off when I installed the roush vents, but put it back on. Seems like that and the manifold cover could be scrapped pretty easily, unless they serve the purpose of insulation that must be kept in place on even a street-only car...?

jasonstang · Apr 8, 2016

StoplightWarrior said:
is the hood blanket necessary? I had it off when I installed the roush vents, but put it back on. Seems like that and the manifold cover could be scrapped pretty easily, unless they serve the purpose of insulation that must be kept in place on even a street-only car...?

It's too keep the hood cool so the paint does not discolor under high temperature.

partyelmarty · Apr 8, 2016

jasonstang said:
It's too keep the hood cool so the paint does not discolor under high temperature.

Incorrect. It's supposed to suppress an engine fire.

Coaster · Apr 8, 2016

partyelmarty said:
Incorrect. It's supposed to suppress an engine fire.

Incorrect it's sound insulation.

Look at a pic of one of the burned 15 Mustangs, there is nothing left of the hood liner.

partyelmarty · Apr 8, 2016

Coaster said:
Incorrect it's sound insulation.

Look at a pic of one of the burned 15 Mustangs, there is nothing left of the hood liner.

Suppress as in slow down, not extinguish.

Coaster · Apr 8, 2016

partyelmarty said:
Suppress as in slow down, not extinguish.

So why don't aftermarket hoods have them? Even some models don't from the factory.

Why is the GT350s so much smaller? There is not enough coverage there to slow anything.

partyelmarty · Apr 8, 2016

Coaster said:
So why don't aftermarket hoods have them? Even some models don't from the factory.

Why is the GT350s so much smaller? There is not enough coverage there to slow anything.

Same argument could be said against it being a sound reducer.

What about stripping the hood's understructure down to loose some weight?

panic

Well-Known Member

Schu

Well-Known Member

jasonstang

Well-Known Member

partyelmarty

What's it trap?

Road Dog

Really Smart Member

Chameleon

Well-Known Member

BULL1TT

Well-Known Member

TruBlu16GT

Well-Known Member

StoplightWarrior

Well-Known Member

jasonstang

Well-Known Member

partyelmarty

What's it trap?

Coaster

RallyNorthAmerica.com

partyelmarty

What's it trap?

Coaster

RallyNorthAmerica.com

partyelmarty

What's it trap?

Similar threads