…so, I’ve been thinking about carbon fiber bumpers, hood, trunk, and maybe fenders eventually… Also all of the basic plastic pieces in the door frames front/rear… Would anyone else be interested in that sort if thing… ie: “Singer”/“Pagani” styled S6?
I’ve been looking to potentially get a vented hood to help alleviate the heat issues with Texas and get more are in the engine bay
Noted. it’s on the list. But I think we may need to provide a sample to use for the mold. I’ll ask the guy leading the CF company to see what he says when the time comes. I’m pretty solid I’ll be getting a hood and trunk at the very least, but most likely going with bumpers, maybe fenders and doors later too if it’s easy enough to replace the panels… figure i’ll never get another 4-door as long as this one is running well or maintainable… sooo might as well make it a Singer-like Audi… perhaps do a brand later… we’ll see how the days and finances go lol…
From what I understand, there isn’t a substantial weight savings involved with going to carbon fiber in these cars, but I’d be interested to see how a vented hood turns out. I’ve been interested in that as well, more for heat ventilation than looks or weight savings.
Have you checked the weight on the stock hood to make sure its not aluminum. The aluminum to carbon weight difference isn’t enough to switch for most people. That might be something to look into.
Stock hood is aluminum. I’ve held a replacement hood in my hand. It weighs next to nothing. (Same with the fenders).
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on the B7…
B7 S4 - steel hood = 52 lbs
B7 RS4 - aluminium hood = 28 lbs
carbon fibre hood is about 10 lbs all in…saving 18 lbs for $1500 is ridiculously wasteful. Spend that $1500 + another $1000 on a good set of used lightweight wheels with good tires and save 25 lbs of rotating mass…which is a game changer. Saving 18 lbs of sprung weight is something nobody on this forum would ever even notice.
I know of someone that tried to do the vented hood And decided not to because of water getting in.
So just keep that in mind. Rain, snow, bugs etc can get it.
Yeah this is my issue with vented hoods or at least the fear surrounding them. I think our best bet for heat solutions would be the system JimmyBones is running on his S4 (in conjunction with intercooler and JHM S/C kit). I can’t remember what it’s called right now, but it runs your coolant through your air conditioning system somehow and he’s had major drops in temp after install. I think it’s called Killer Chiller… ( http://killerchiller.com/ )
I wouldn’t be able to compare weight differences until I’ve had a pre-preg CF hood completed. Whenever that happens, I’ll do my best to see about weighing vs stock, but for me, this is all moreso about making things look and feel super nice to go with the exhaust note and experience on track (HPDEs). IE: Zonda interior… Not sure I’ll go as far as having the floor carpeting redone 100%, buuuut ya never know down the line i guess… In the meantime, the goal is to maximize the exterior and interior carbon fiber with the standard hood/trunk swap, and by replacing the plastic trim that makes up the door frames… the plastic parts in the center of headliner in the front, etc, etc… Eventually I’ll probably also go 3G+ via BlackS6…
Yes the vented hoods will let in water but if you are doing this more for looks than anything else you can really do whatever you want. If you pull your hood off and weigh it that should tell you more. Or to see if its aluminum you can always take a magnet to the hood in certain spots and see if its magnetic obviously aluminum isn’t magnetic so that can be one way to check.
I’m in for a vented hood