Vented hood-
06-10-2004, 12:46 PM
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Vented hood-
We have an opportunity to have a new carbon fiber hood made but I need some feed back from the forum members to see which would be a better disign to put into prodution. Give me you feed back and let me know what would be the best disign. Here are the choices.
FEED
RE Amemiya
KnightSport
C-West
Scoot
MazdaSpeed(?)
ings+
FEED
RE Amemiya
KnightSport
C-West
Scoot
MazdaSpeed(?)
ings+
Last edited by VividRacing.com; 06-10-2004 at 12:51 PM.
06-10-2004, 12:53 PM
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These are just some pics I pulled off the RX7club.com forum. Personally I like the RE Amemiya hood but the MazdaSpeed is a close second. Leave your feed back which one would look better ont the 8 and which one would YOU buy?
06-10-2004, 01:48 PM
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I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm wondering if someone couldn't turn the "rotary" "dent" on the hood upside down. In other words, have it bump out instead of in and let air flow out of the back (but that might let too much water under the hood?). Or, if it were a scoop, let air come in the front.
Attached is a crappy mock-up I did (idea #1 is the top, idea # 2 is the bottom).
Attached is a crappy mock-up I did (idea #1 is the top, idea # 2 is the bottom).
06-10-2004, 01:49 PM
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I think a cross between the Scoot and RX-Evolve's hood would look sweet. That way you could keep the rotor shaped inset and have it flanked by louvers on either side. The scoop in the front may look OK too.
06-10-2004, 03:27 PM
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Originally posted by robertdot
I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm wondering if someone couldn't turn the "rotary" "dent" on the hood upside down. In other words, have it bump out instead of in and let air flow out of the back (but that might let too much water under the hood?). Or, if it were a scoop, let air come in the front.
Attached is a crappy mock-up I did (idea #1 is the top, idea # 2 is the bottom).
I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm wondering if someone couldn't turn the "rotary" "dent" on the hood upside down. In other words, have it bump out instead of in and let air flow out of the back (but that might let too much water under the hood?). Or, if it were a scoop, let air come in the front.
Attached is a crappy mock-up I did (idea #1 is the top, idea # 2 is the bottom).
I like the origionality of this design, kudos to you. The reverse vent would better suit our needs i think. I'm still leaning towards the RE Amemiya as the hood to go with but I need to be sure because this will be a hood available to the public when it is finished.
06-10-2004, 11:52 PM
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Me... screw the rotary symbol. I think Mazda went overboard with those as it is...
I agree with your picks Huff. My fav is the Mazdaspeed. The RE Amemiya isn't bad. SpeedRacer's choice would look pretty stock on the car...
I agree with your picks Huff. My fav is the Mazdaspeed. The RE Amemiya isn't bad. SpeedRacer's choice would look pretty stock on the car...
06-11-2004, 01:19 AM
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#1 - Speed Racers.
#2 - Veilside RX-8
#3 - ings+ or Mazdaspeed, toss up.
I do like the styling on the stock hood, obviously. I like Speed Racer's pic the best because there's a lot more aggressive venting than on the Veilside, which really only looks like they overly-accentuated the styling until you see the vents from behind.
#2 - Veilside RX-8
#3 - ings+ or Mazdaspeed, toss up.
I do like the styling on the stock hood, obviously. I like Speed Racer's pic the best because there's a lot more aggressive venting than on the Veilside, which really only looks like they overly-accentuated the styling until you see the vents from behind.
06-11-2004, 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by Japan8
Me... screw the rotary symbol. I think Mazda went overboard with those as it is...
I agree with your picks Huff. My fav is the Mazdaspeed. The RE Amemiya isn't bad. SpeedRacer's choice would look pretty stock on the car...
Me... screw the rotary symbol. I think Mazda went overboard with those as it is...
I agree with your picks Huff. My fav is the Mazdaspeed. The RE Amemiya isn't bad. SpeedRacer's choice would look pretty stock on the car...
06-11-2004, 01:19 PM
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I would purchase either the RE Amemiya, or the Scoot hood. Probably the Scoot over RE, but I'd still purchase the RE if it was the only one of the two available.
Let me know when you're going to make it available, I'll be one of the first in line.
I've been driving myself crazy awaiting the release of a good looking vented hood!!!
I'm thrilled as hell to see this moving along.
Do you have an ETA as to when you're planning production, Vivid?
--Landon
Let me know when you're going to make it available, I'll be one of the first in line.
I've been driving myself crazy awaiting the release of a good looking vented hood!!!
I'm thrilled as hell to see this moving along.
Do you have an ETA as to when you're planning production, Vivid?
--Landon
06-11-2004, 01:51 PM
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First I need to get responces from the forum members to see which one is worth selling and producing. Then I give them my hood and they start prototyping. Once that is done the production begins. I'm going to say about 2 months to produce the hoods because they will make a production run of about 20 pieces for the firt run.