06tyrfryr

just curious if anyone knows how much the stock hood weighs and for those that have installed aftermarket hoods what is the weight, brand and style of your hood. I have my car down to 3200 lbs and have some more parts coming that should get me down to a little over 3000 but I dont have my cage in yet so still looking at options on putting this pig on a diet and If I can save a little weight my next option will probably be the hood. thanks for any input

slvrstang2007

Wish I could help you, did a few searches on the net and couldnt find any thing, you mind sharing some of your weight cutting solutions with us, I'm very intrested in getting the weight down as well.

moosestang

The stock hood is light weight compared to most hoods. I don't think it'd be worth the cost to save weight on an aftermarket one. If I were serious about shaving unnecessary weight, the first thing I'd do is remove the passenger airbag. I pulled it out to install a gauge in the center vent panel and that joker is heavy! You'd have to fab up a panel to replace it or have a nice hole there for storage.

slvrstang2007

Haha I'm sure your wife loves riding in the passenger seat now.

alex0o85

lol

Stoenr

Aftermarket fiberglass ones will be heavier than the stock aluminum hood.
Not sure about the carbon fiber ones.

NoOriginalNamesLeft

It's not worth replacing, the stocker is pretty much as good as you're going to get.

06tyrfryr

thanks for the info, If I can find a way to remove the passenger air bag I probably will because it will havea full cage and 5 point harnesses, but I still want to retain the stock look of the dash if possible. If I can however shave another 20 lbs or so with a lighter hood It would be worthwhile to me since that is pulling weight off of the nose of the car and is raced on a regular basis

PROMETHEUS PRIME

My hood wieghs about the same as the stock one. A little heavier if anything. Not sure what the exact weight is though. Carbon fiber might be the lightest if anyone could chime in that has a CF.

blackout

I'm pretty sure he only removed it to install the gauge in the vent panel. I think he put it back in after the gauge was installed.

-Jeff