First off I don't have a $500 car... it's professionally appraised and insured at $20,000, rated, in concourse terms, as Very Fine (just one notch below 'excellent', or better-than-the-day-it-was-built). And yes, it's a 1st gen.

And Racing Beat a FART pipe? When Mazda released their Protege5 sports sedan this year, who did they turn to for the performance exhaust system? RACING BEAT.

Additionally, the pro dragsters I mentioned who are in the market for lightweight hoods have already removed jacks, interiors, etc.

Learn to think before you type. It becomes more and more clear with every post you present that you've not a clue what you're talking about.

 

i just weighed a stock 84 rx7 hood , it weighs 42 pounds..... my fiberglass hood weighs 11 pounds....that carbon fiber hood looks bad ***!!! im getting one for sure! with something that looks that good, who needs paint!!

 

 

watch out man, your project might be called rice with all that heavy colorfull **** under the hood

 

I cant beleave that it would wiegh 42 lbs... and BELEAVE ME I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT... I drive a 79 rx7... by the way... oh yeah look when the people registerd... I have been in here A WHILE... not under this name this name I only had for what 10? months... my other name is i_idle_pass_Hondas.... I lost the password to it... I didnt post that much back when I registerd back then and I am comeing in here and posting alot more... were talking about 1st gen rx7's here man... theese are not expensive cars... come one... its one thing to open up your exaust... but if a body kit rims neons and a fart can are your list of mods come one people... on a virtually stock car a CF hood is not going to do ANYTHING FOR U...

 

no one said anyhting about a stock first gen. i dont consider my car "just a first gen" its a big thing to me, and i think alot of the other members agree. i got to drive a third gen, take some tight corners, get on it a little, and i thought that i would hate my car after, as soon as i started it up, BAM.. was glad to be back in it and forgot about the third gen for awhile. the point is... no one said anything about neons, bodykits.. ect. most of the people on here mod their rex to race related forms.. not jsut to "look cool" or "be ricey"

personally, i think with your whole "hating honda's" thing going on, your worse than anyone being cocky as ****, and probably cant back it up.. all youve said is you drive a 79.. mods man? really you have no room to say someone is rice because they want a cf hood.. really, its not that big of a deal.. just shut your mouth and this forum will be that much of a better place

 

That's my point: YOU are the only one saying anything about these hoods going on virtually stock cars.

As for how expensive these cars are, that's all relative. I bought mine for $4,000 in such stock condition it still has the factory battery under the hood. Others in the local Rotorhead club vary from the $700 range (runs, but needs cosmetic work) on up... but depending on how serious about racing one is, a $450 CF hood can be a good investment.

 

someone with a VIRTUALLY STOCK CAR that want a CARBON FIBER HOOK IS RIGHT... and as far as hating hondas goes I HAVE FACTS TO BACK UP WHY HONDAS SUCK... I have a 74 13b rebuilt with a street port, ,atkins 2mm apex seals 12a front cover single distributer, rb intake, holly 600. rb airfilter, rb header out to a DUEL 2 1/4 in exaughst with rb muffler, electronic ignition, double pully setup, air cooled oil cooler, p 205 60 13BFG grand ams…
and if you or anyone else in here wants to bitch at me more pm me i_idle_pass_hondas is my name on yahoo so you can discuss this matter on voice...

 

I just wanted to agree with you here about the third gen. My cousin has a 1994 touring that I got to drive (and drive right ), and I loved it. One of the best times Ive had. Then, I got back in my 85 GSL and started her up and went for a run with the 3rd gen while my cousin was giving a friend a ride. Sure I was flooring it in every gear in my stock 85 just to keep up when he was barely trying from a stop light, but damn I love my car. I can take out most smaller imports when I try, just because I feel that I can drive my car well. I know Im still young and have a lot to learn about technique, but I am an open book. Anyway, Im getting side tracked. The point is that I love my car, even after driving the 3rd gen and knowing its beauty as well.

~T.J.

PS - Although, if I had the chance, Id buy a 3rd gen as long as I got to keep my 1st gen too .

 

BTW for all those who are in doubt...Some quick calculations (from a website ) reveal that a 2500 pound car with 130 rear wheel HP will run a 15.6 1/4 mile. Now a car with the same HP only 20 pounds lighter will run 15.5. That looks like a 10th of a second difference to me...I dont know about you guys that think the weight wont make a difference on a "bone stock" car...

~T.J.

 

couldnt have said it better?..yeah thats what i was looking for..nice work

 

As a GENERAL rule of thumb every hundred lbs you drop you will run .1 of a sec faster ITS A WEB SITE.... BLEAVE ME you will not notice a difference with 20 lbs...

 

And why should be believe you oh master of knowledge? You havent proved that you know anything by being immature and stubborn. In fact if anything, you have been proved wrong. I think that a great deal of maturity comes when you are able to admit youre wrong. Too bad some people never learn...

~T.J.

 

There is no doubt I am stubborn... I have been proved wrong??? by a 1/4 mile calculator that says RIGHT ON THE SITE ITS NOT ACCURATE??? When I am wrong I say I am wrong... 20 lbs IS NOT going to make a difference in 1/4 times... unless you have a REAL LIGHT CAR... its more about reduceing % of wieght... take 20 lbs off a bike... you will notice a change... take 20 lbs which is .75% off a 2500 lbs car.. you wont...

 

You wanna see a rice first gen? look at my car. My future mods include:

Soon to finish my sound system (competition level)
Custom interior (Sparco everything, eventually)
Blue interior neons
Blue undercarriage neons
Eibach pro kit (sittin in my basement) to lower it
Tokiko illumina shocks (to make it hard as hell)
Blue halogen heads w/ neon inserts
all blue lights for show time (including tails)

Now, i already have:
Cool air intake
your fancy "dual 2.5" exhaust (yes the racing beat street port setup)
I'm in the process of polishing my engine
I have blue vacumn hoses, and painted certain things blue.

Oh yeah, and i forgot to mention, the turbo project thats next on my list to make my car around 300 hp. But thats jsut a minor thing before i do all the lights to make my car a show car.

I would much prefer to have a 12 second car that looks amazing, than a 12 second car that looks like ****.

When i see another car w/ all the fancies, i nod my head. They love their cars. i love mine. I want my baby to look as good as can be. I'm goign to buy a CF hood eventually. I may not keep it (not sure if that much black will look good).

Lay off man, i have nothing against you. In fact, my quest is to defeat all hondas (and even the turbo supras in town). But please, learn to accept other's tastes.

You dont know how many ppl said "your car is goign to look retarded w/ that on it, dont do that". Well i did it anyways. Now they are doing it to their cars too.

Wanna see my ricer car?

http://www.sounddomain.com/id/iotusrx7

 

Oh yeah, and something you learn in mountain biking.

Why buy a part thats just as strong, and 2 oz lighter? Because in the end, all those ounces add up. I have a 25 pound FULL SUSPENSION mountain bike.

A little bit of carbon fiber here, a little bit of special aluminum there, goes from a 32 pound cross country bike, to a 25 pound bike. Same with cars. It all adds up, nothing in and of itself is significant.

 

uhh lets see here i didnt say i wanted a body kit i didnt say i wanted a "fart pipe" all i asked is where to get a CF hood that is all non the less, and i thank all the nice people to replied and helped, and yes i do plan on doing many proformance mods, im new to everything here, that doesnt mean i cant learn about it, thats why i go on here, this has been the most helpful site ever. but people like you just kill it, giveing opinions i didnt ask for, assuming im going to do things that im not, calling meeh a "ricer" i have a stock 81 am i a ricer? no i like my car plain simple would like some variety i be as light as possible, and yet just look nice and clean nothing flashy, so i say shut up keep your opinions to yourself you dont know me, so dont be telling me what im going to be doing and not doing

 

You got to be kidding! Do you even know what cornerweighting is you ****** moron? You tired of arguing over on the SC thread so you figured youd stir up **** over here too? what the **** is wrong with you? Did you even bother to read the meaning of this thread? Did you read what I wrote? No one here gives a fat rats *** what the **** your little pea brain thinks! He wants the hood, we told him how/where to obtain one, why you feel its necessary to bless us with your profound insights I have no idea. I have my reasons for wanting a CF hood, and others have theirs. I dont ask, I try to help and answer a question, provide USEFUL info, and move on. Heres a clue for you. F&F is NOT a tech guide, you ****** know it all teenager. Heres something else for you.

 

Geoff, dont bother, hes a fool. BTW, rice or not, I still like your car

 

Carbon fiber hood, eh? That's not my thing...

 

Different stroke for different folks, its all good

 

20lbs doesnt make a difference in its self.. but like iotus said (beat me to it) it all adds up.. why do you think people remove their air conditions just to save 30lbs? to me, air conditioning is the best thing in 90*+ weather, especially when you have a girl in the car. so its not worth the 30lbs... ive been debating a carbon fiber hood, but when i thought about it.. in an acciedent, that **** wont collapse.. its going right through the windshield possibly injuring/killing.. just my thought, but i dont think its too safe now that i thought about it. back to the point.. all weight savings add up.. 30lbs here, 20 here, 70 here...

 

and lets here these 'facts' that hondas are peices of ****...

my friend has an all motor crx with a b18b in it, pretty much stock motor with header, stock cat, 2.5" piping, and CAI and various other little ****, ran consitant 14.3' which in my opinion, is pretty impressive. he beat the living **** out of that car all the time.. took it to the track every friday making about 10-20 runs a night (still has all of his time slips and man o man thats a fat wad) it stood up to his **** for over 8 months and the ONLY thing that popped his motor was in a hard rain storm he dipped into a rather large puddle of water and sucked water into his CIA and threw the rod out both sides of the block. i almost get a hatch with the plan of a b16 or a b18.. even today i would still like to own a 92-95 black civic hatch with a b18c5. makes well over 200hp with a 10k redline.. to me, thast impressive for a STOCK motor, never mind it costs a little over 5k. my point is, you can never justify that a car company is a "piece of ****". thats just like the ford vs chevy thing... people say mazda made a huge mistake and rotaries are shitty.. but people have their opinions.. which is all the agurment you have. your opinion. so lets here your "facts"

 

Nice, Manntis, very nice.

 

Heyyyyyyy, I beat HIM to it!