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Old 09-22-08, 12:05 AM
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With the chatter about carbon fiber hoods, it came up that the ISF hood may be aluminum. I checked it today, and it is for sure an aluminum hood.

That being the case, I can't imagine any actual reason to swap it for a CF hood. The weight savings would likely be nil, especially for a wet-layup CF part.
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interesting...
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Originally Posted by dbastidas0
interesting...
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Does anybody know the weight of the stock hood?
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True dat.
Unless I could make a hood at 5lbs. I am guessing the ISF hood to be around Supra TT weight (also aluminum)....17lbs.
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Its all about looks theses days...
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