MR2
12-10-2010, 10:16 PM
Before the Pics..
I bought the Carbon Fiber Hoods (on ebay at the time) Scoote II Hood, I think that the lines of the hood match up with our stock curves in our cars, the Top secret is just too angular for our cars (my opinion) so I bought it and sent it over to good 'ol Australia.
it was well packed and arrived with no damage, all the bolts lined up and with a little adjusting it's currently fitting quite nicely!
Time for some Pics:
The Hood with the Aero covers fitted (does not fit on engine in this guise)
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09550.JPG
Top view, the dark bits are where they had sticky tape holding protective foam on it.
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09551.JPG
Showing where the gils are allowing air through when fitted
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09558.JPG
and fitment pix:
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09586.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09596.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09595.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09594.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09590.JPG
ok so here's my list of "stuff" about it:
1, the hood has less height than the stock hood, so strokers won't fit...or I'll have to chop it when I go to fit the Stroker + mivec heads.
2, the frame around the gils is not actually attached to the top of the bonnet, I'll be bonding this to give considerable extra strength.
3, the hood is 99% perfect, to get it just right I need to round some of the edges slighly and oval my hinges a little to allow it to be 2mm further forward, the hood seems to slighly lift at the right hand side...need to investigate why this is..but pins will fix it.
4, to get the latch to work I had to slightly bend it towards the car, I suspect it was bent due to the stock hood being dropped too many times.
5, I will need to get it painted black...and maybe some fabric over the vents to make them less noticable!
6, the hood seems to vent a LOT of air, when the radiator fans are running there is a LOT of heat pushing out.
7, I still need to do something to keep the rear turbo cool.
8, still needs the flush pins
I bought the Carbon Fiber Hoods (on ebay at the time) Scoote II Hood, I think that the lines of the hood match up with our stock curves in our cars, the Top secret is just too angular for our cars (my opinion) so I bought it and sent it over to good 'ol Australia.
it was well packed and arrived with no damage, all the bolts lined up and with a little adjusting it's currently fitting quite nicely!
Time for some Pics:
The Hood with the Aero covers fitted (does not fit on engine in this guise)
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09550.JPG
Top view, the dark bits are where they had sticky tape holding protective foam on it.
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09551.JPG
Showing where the gils are allowing air through when fitted
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09558.JPG
and fitment pix:
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09586.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09596.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09595.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09594.JPG
http://3000gt.com.au/car/Misc/hood/DSC09590.JPG
ok so here's my list of "stuff" about it:
1, the hood has less height than the stock hood, so strokers won't fit...or I'll have to chop it when I go to fit the Stroker + mivec heads.
2, the frame around the gils is not actually attached to the top of the bonnet, I'll be bonding this to give considerable extra strength.
3, the hood is 99% perfect, to get it just right I need to round some of the edges slighly and oval my hinges a little to allow it to be 2mm further forward, the hood seems to slighly lift at the right hand side...need to investigate why this is..but pins will fix it.
4, to get the latch to work I had to slightly bend it towards the car, I suspect it was bent due to the stock hood being dropped too many times.
5, I will need to get it painted black...and maybe some fabric over the vents to make them less noticable!
6, the hood seems to vent a LOT of air, when the radiator fans are running there is a LOT of heat pushing out.
7, I still need to do something to keep the rear turbo cool.
8, still needs the flush pins