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ZX3TUNING,Aug 4 2005, 01:49 AM Wrote:Nass,
CF hoods came from Japan where a company called spoon started puting them on their civics and integras that were built for serious track use or racing.
these cars were basicly gutted and the CF hood just made the whole car lighter. weight is weight when you are already moving. so removing as much of it as possible just makes the car lighter; lighter is faster and less stress.
they then put the CF hoods on their street versions of the race cars, which were actually not very different from the race versions. this whole theme caught on and is now a STYLE more than anything else... i say that because most people who buy CF  hoods because they are "light weight" are also probably trucking around a heavy set of rims, full interior and 100lbs of stereo gear.

the original idea behind CF hoods was good, it just has nothing to do with it anymore!  :(

there is enough weight over the front wheels as it is. more weight will not change how the weight is shifted in a FWD car, it is just more weight that now needs to be shifted. you get far better traction stiffening up the rear of a FWD car that you ever could by having more weight over the front wheels. and it always comes back to racing, lighter is faster and less stress.

for  the record even though the hood i have is 8lbs, i bought it for style.  unless your car is completely gutted or as much as the class you are racing in allows, you bought it for looks. more so if it has some form of vent in it! ;)
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Well Put!!!