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carbon fiber less weight?

111R said:
lets be honest here people, taking out 20-40 lbs of weight is NOT going to be evident when driving around. im my privious post, i was saying how its a aesthetic to just do hood, trunk, and something else possibly. yes, the intent of carbon fibre is to reduce weight while retaining some rigidity but the weight is very minimal. i bet gutting the interior will help reduce much more weight and will have a much more of an impact then removing hood/trunk entirely.
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But that's the thing. You could complain that taking out the spare tire won't save much weight, but when combined with, say, the back seats, interior carpet, internal wiring, etc, etc, it all adds up. The difference is that you can replace the hood and trunklid and still have a completely functional car, where if you start pulling out all of your internal panels you're losing functionality.
 
Black 98 CSVT said:
i found that the difference was pretty significant. i had to use my entire hand and a little strength to lift the stock hood while my cf one i could easily lift with my pinky
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yea my buddy's 5.0 has a FG hood and I'm used to stock 5.0 hoods. every time i lift his hood up i almost throw it over the car.
 
PurpleMystique said:
But that's the thing. You could complain that taking out the spare tire won't save much weight, but when combined with, say, the back seats, interior carpet, internal wiring, etc, etc, it all adds up. The difference is that you can replace the hood and trunklid and still have a completely functional car, where if you start pulling out all of your internal panels you're losing functionality.
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But whats the point in saving a few pounds when most of the weight is still there? I agree, small things that don't seem like much on their own add up quickly, but there's no point to doing just a couple, its kind of an all or nothing deal.
 
just keep tossing more power at it until you can't tell you weigh that much... I'm all for it!
 
BlackE1 said:
Really, does this apply to all modifications to vehicles???
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If you think there is a noticeable performance gain in shaving 20 lbs from your 3000+ lb car then go ahead. Its only an aesthetic mod unless its the first step in trimming out substantial weight imo. Nothing wrong with aesthetic mods either, just call it what it is.
 
SVTC1136 said:
If you think there is a noticeable performance gain in shaving 20 lbs from your 3000+ lb car then go ahead. Its only an aesthetic mod unless its the first step in trimming out substantial weight imo. Nothing wrong with aesthetic mods either, just call it what it is.
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I do not think that it is only an aesthetic mod. Any weight saved is better then none. It not only adds up to more equivalent HP but also better gas mileage - if you do not have your foot into it all the time. If you do not start saving weight somewhere you will never save any. You can only go so far on adding power and/or adding weight, but doing both can do a lot more. Every pound here and there is something.

Like said before, gutting the interior detracts from the car, but adding a CF hood might adds to the looks and benefits with less weight. But, in the end, adding power is usually easier to do and has more noticable effects.

A CF windshield would save a lot of weight.
 
PurpleMystique said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MimoUSA-REAL-Ca...ryZ88433QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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LMAO, if you take junk seats and wrap CF over them, you still have junk seats.

Try these:

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I wonder how much weight could be saved getting c/f doors, hood, trunk, bumper covers, 1/4 panels and seats I think that would be a considerable performance gain but highly unsafe.
 
jamesmason1 said:
I wonder how much weight could be saved getting c/f doors, hood, trunk, bumper covers, 1/4 panels and seats I think that would be a considerable performance gain but highly unsafe.
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Just the doors really would be really unsafe in a street car. There is some risk with a poorly designed CF hood, and with poorly designed CF seats as well, but the doors by thier nature are dangerous without a cage that has door impact bars. And by 1/4 panels, I'm assuming you mean front fenders, because the rear 1/4s are part of the unibody and not easily swapped out for composite materials.
 
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