Thoughts on ruinedspec hood mod
 

Was that safe what do you think( he cut the lattice work off the underside of the hood)

He admitted that it wasn't the best idea since it saved a minuscule amount of weight, and made the hood flimsy. Not recommended.

I cut mine out on my race prepped SC
 

very flimsy. I had to go back and put aluminum stiffeners back on it just to hold shape at speed. The majority of the weight is in the front edge since there are 4 layers sandwiched there. Overall weight savings was probably a little over 20 lbs maybe a little under with the addition of the aluminum channels. But, I have the original safety latch and hood pins so I am not concerned about the safety aspect. You just have to decide if having rivets in your hood is worth the weight savings. I would never do that on my street car but could care less on the race car.

Interesting side note, The first time I went out and tried with the hood stripped but no stiffeners the hood bowed up about 4 inches in the middle from air pressure under the car. It just lets you know how much pressure is created from the air coming under or through the car. I have not gotten to it yet but due to this I want to build a splitter and pan under the car to try to reduce uplift.

Oh snap is that really you? Are you gonna widebody the SC with those fat wheels?

Thank all you for the input

yikes, interesting results