Cabon Fiber Hoods
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personally, (hint blacktibs) I would like to see somebody come up with a cadmuro style hood.. the one with the Ferrari 455 style hood scoop. I LOVE that hood, but I refuse to pay to ship it from italy
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i personally prefer the OEM over any of the other carbon hoods out right now. i think its simply for the fact that the invador and racing have the backwards facing scoop, and something has always struck me wrong with that kind of hood on the rd2. there are already so many curves going on that it almost makes it too much. and the oem just looks cleaner too.
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QUOTE (CyberShark)
Dude, I like the one Redz has...I want it..
You know, I've heard about this but never seen it? Is there a thread with pictures somewhere?
Also, I like Mad's thinking on the Cadmuro-style hood....very good idea, although expensive
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You know, I've heard about this but never seen it? Is there a thread with pictures somewhere?
Also, I like Mad's thinking on the Cadmuro-style hood....very good idea, although expensive
Also, I like Mad's thinking on the Cadmuro-style hood....very good idea, although expensive
Hmm...
Wonder if they are similar?
LOL
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Well, I know those hoods are made for looks, but you guys do have to consider the fact that even if you managed to get air flowing through the scoop, from the air dam on the front bumper, that you would potentially, in theory, be causing lift.
Well...not in theory. At high speeds it would occur, if the scoop was much larger. You'd create lift because you're forcing air to come up from the front bumper and passing up through the scoop and over the car. And we all know that when you have slower moving air molecules moving across the top of the car, and faster air molecules moving across the bottom, you create lift. But I'm sure you guys have nothing to worry about, if you don't plan on making enough power to getting to those high speeds. (Note: Lift would cause the front end of the car to lift upwards)
Just a food for thought. tongue.gif:
Well...not in theory. At high speeds it would occur, if the scoop was much larger. You'd create lift because you're forcing air to come up from the front bumper and passing up through the scoop and over the car. And we all know that when you have slower moving air molecules moving across the top of the car, and faster air molecules moving across the bottom, you create lift. But I'm sure you guys have nothing to worry about, if you don't plan on making enough power to getting to those high speeds. (Note: Lift would cause the front end of the car to lift upwards)
Just a food for thought. tongue.gif:
You got it backwards... when air flowing OVER the car is moving faster than the air going under it, you get lift. As for the scoop causing lift, that is also wrong, you are confusing lift with wind resistance. If anything, the scoop will be dragging air that is moving quickly over the car down underneath where it will speed up the air down there, possibly reducing some lift.. BUT, it will be putting stress on the hood because the wind wants to flow up and over and the scoop is keeping it from doing that, so it is going to want to rip the scoop off of the car.