Fiberglass hood project

[Damkid]

^^One of the problems with the early FMS hoods wasn't the leading edge, it was the back of the hood flapping around at high speeds. This was fixed by putting a small reinforcement bead of fiberglass along the back side of the hood on the inside.

Yup same issue with my hood as well

[gauge_half_inch]

Around $200 for the basic stock hood plus shipping sounds good to me.

-I'd really like to see enough reinforcement of the leading edge combined with some sort of latch bar attachment that would allow use of the stock hood latch mechanism. This would, IMO, be the icing on the cake!

Thanks,

Karl

i agree completely.

[frankm201]

I thought about the whole latch thing with the right amount of two part epoxy anything is possible and thanks safety guy for all the pointers they will help me a lot in my prototype.

[Safety Guy]

You're welcome, Frankie. I hope you can get this going so we have some FG hoods to choose from! Make 'em good quality and not too expensive and I think you'll have plenty of customers.

Karl

[frankm201]

That's the hope I saw a need and I'm trying to fill it plus I love these cars man out of all my vehicles I've owned my festy and aspire give me the least problems.

[lanemeyer14]

^ Your last thread gave me an idea for another suggestion....fms style boser hood!

[frankm201]

When I was fixin my hood in shop class it crossed my mind to do this type of hood saw it on a gti

[frankm201]

Hey guys I need a picture of the underside of a FMS hood so I can get an idea of how to brace it thanks.

[Damkid]

This is an early FMS hood with basically no added bracing, if i remember i'll get a pic tomorrow of the underside of my CF hood to show the added bracing

[navdoc101]

Hood

I like that hood. I think 2 vents at the rear(windshield side) would look good.

[graywolf_14]

I say the DJ style hood, or bump....? what ever that is.

[Larry Hampton]

My chassis shop buddy builds high end Outlaw 10.5 drag cars. These guys have lots of coin and usually use CF or race weight fiberglass hoods. He often has to modify them to clear turbo or centrifical blower tubing. He usually lays strips of foam weatherstriping on the underside of the hood, like you'd put around a door on your house, a window, garage door, etc. It's about 1/2" wide and 3/8" thick, with a single side that's sticky. He then lays strips of fiberglass over this, not pressing it down. This stiffens up the hood considerably plus it's light weight. All the foam is there for is to form the fiberglass strips into a sort of U channel.

[Larry Hampton]

Frankie, another question, how do you take into consideration shrinkage on the hood? I know fiberglass shrinks, but I'm unaware how much. (I ask because I want to build a fiberglass decklid for my '63 Fairlane drag car project.)

[phyaz91]

http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f/9239796+w750+st0/0612_m5lp_03z+2007_ford_mustang_shelby_gt_h+hood_scoop.jpg

Hood would look good IMO
also if it was louvered kinda like where the wiper arms are. to match up at the top....

[frankm201]

well if you have a mold which im in the process of making you will lay fiberglass in on and over the mold so when you pop it out you cut to fit.