I thought a stock hood was 34 lbs?

 

A lot of new cars these days come with Aluminum hoods = very light = not cost effective to switch to a CF hood, unless it's a full blown race car

 

so nobody knows how much a cf hood weighs there is nobody saying for sure i need a hood and wondering the same also these cf hood on ebay are they real or fake

 

The CF hood on my GSX was 13lbs, so it's pretty close to being the same weight as the stock Evo hood! I was considering a CF hood since I felt it made a difference on my GSX, but now I'll hold off for sure haha.

 

Yeah on these cars, cf hoods are just for looks. Unless you get a dry cf hood. They usually weigh around 8 lbs I think, but theyre very expensive so its not really worth it

 

shockingly a CF hood is weighs more than the stock hood.

http://www.buschurracing.com/evo9-weight-reduction.htm

 

Yes, the OEM hood is very very light! That's why it's around $1,200.

The seibon carbon hood I have on my car I think is heavier.

After I get my Alu hood back from paint, it's going back on the car. The carbon one flutters at high speed.

 

The MR hood is real light along with the roof and trunk the rest of the evos have slightly heavier materials of aluminum as all states CF is for looks I think my MR hood weights closer to 14 lbs and a CF was like 17-18 depending on the hood.

 

The MR hood weighs the same as the RS and GSR. Trunk is also the same weight as the other Evo's and Lancer. The only difference is the alum. roof which also comes on the RS and the MR has the lighter BBS wheels.

Most CF hoods weigh the same or more than the stock hood.

BTW here's the weights for all models:

GSR: 3271lbs (with sunroof)
RS: 3181lbs
MR: 3296lbs

RS is 90lbs less than GSR
MR is 25lbs more than GSR

Subtract about 50lbs for the GSR if has no sunroof.

 

You are wrong. Wrong information removed.

 

those weights are off also you forgot the se, my se weighs in at 3100lbs without driver.

 

are you talking about your bov? Lol

whatever happened to carbon fiber being stronger and lighter then steel saying?

 

No, the damn hood near the cowl. My buddy has a carbon hood also, the thing vibrates like crazy too.

BTW: all of the GSR,RS,and MR have the same front end parts in Alu, there is no part number difference. I should know, since I was recently in a front ender.

 

Unfortunately almost all evolution CF products are for street/show. A real racing CF hood would cost way more than most buyers could afford. The used CF Seibon (fiberglass) doors I bought are pieces of junk. Heavy and poor craftsmanship. Hey but the fake carbon fiber skins look cool to kids. The weight of a real hand laid CF hood could go as low as 6 lbs. That's pushing it for strength, At that weight strength is minimal and a failure can happen if fasteners pull through. Usually when you hit 150mph in traffic heading down a straight. A friend built them for factory BMW M3 race cars and he increased the weight to 8lbs after the lighter hood failed. There is no performance benefit replacing the aluminum hood that Mitsubishi engineered correctly. The only reason to purchase a cheap CF (fiberglass) hood would be if you could not afford the expensive stock aluminum for a repair reason. Same goes for replacing those very costly fenders.

 

you can save some weight by giving me your se lip