V8cobra99 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Does anyone know how much the stock hood weights?? And where to buy a lightweight hood for the 1999+ Mustang?? Andy [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Hi Andy, The stock ones are too heavy for sure. No, I never weighed them. You might checkout abcexclusives on the web. Another possibility is to give Griggs Racing a call. They work through nose weight issues all the time building race cars (707) 939-2244. Ask for John Griggs and tell him Hal sent you. I'm looking at getting a lighter hood for the 96. The street edition carbon fiber hood still has too much weight due to reinforcing for the stock latch mechanism and hinges, etc. Regards -Hal AI West #46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8cobra99 Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hal - thanks. I called MM and emailed Griggs and got some input. Carbon fiber seems to be the way to go and I looked at some on EBay. Basically, I need to get one that is around 20lbs, the stock unit seems to be around 40-45lbs, even though it is fiberglass. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hi Andy, It is not the fiberglass per se that makes for a heavy hood. It is all the street features. Street hoods are usually dual layer structures some of whihc have steel reinforcement for the hinge mounting points and the striker plate up front. A very light weight racing hood will use 4 pins (sometimes more) and be a single layer structure. I'm not arguing against carbon fiber I'm just trying to make sure that you don't pass up a really light fg hood because of misconceptions. For example, I may personally transition from a cf street hood to a lighter and more cost effective fg racing hood for '05... Regards -Hal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichepi Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 That stock 99 hoods were around 47lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Andy, Tiger Racing makes and sells CF and FG hoods for your 99. The CF hood weighs about 8 lbs and will set you back about $1200 and the FG weighs in at around 20 lbs and costs about $600. http://www.tiger-racing.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8cobra99 Posted January 3, 2006 Author Share Posted January 3, 2006 Kerry and Hal, thanks. Actually this was an old post. Last year I cut the inner layer of the stock hood out like Hal suggested and cut the hood down to 19lbs. Then I cut two louver/vent holes to evacuate the heat a bit better, and removed the stock hood latch assembly and used 4 hood pins to secure the hood. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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