DynamicJ

280zx OEM Hood

I haven't seen it before... I wish there was a scoop.

DoTheDrew888

Cool but not worth the money. Our hoods are pretty light as it is.

s/cL3.0

forget price I want carbon fiber.. I am gettin that ISH

Bleach

wow, I've never seen that before!
MSA sells the 240Z carbon fiber hoods for $599... so that one is $100 cheaper!

Lose 12-15 pounds off your car for $500. Ya, that's worth it!

Heat Rave R

While at the junkyard yesterday, I came across a 280ZX that had it's hood tension springs removed. That sucker was heavy! A carbon hood might be justified, though I prefer having the vents.

s/cL3.0

you can cut a hole and put the carbon scoop from MSA on it.

DynamicJ

Exact thoughts. Glad I stumbled on this. I may be picking one up myself.

BigBirdsZ

that hoods for a 240z not a 280ZX

Heat Rave R

Could be one of those "item pictured is not actual item" situations.

Dorifto

http://www.importfan.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=2114

Well, it seems like they've got the years right ... but I'm a little worried about the pics, and the fact they listed it under "'71-'73 240ZX" ...

Bleach

http://www.importfan.com/index.php?m...oducts_id=2114

No, they show it on a 240Z several times. Their description is all screwed up but I bet it is for the S30. That is nothing new. MSA has had those hoods for a long time. I can't believe I didn't see that at first. The ZX hood flares out just after the headlight buckets.

Heat Rave R

Damn, what a ****-tease (unless they really do have one for the S130 and it's just not pictured).

DynamicJ

depressing.

Bleach

We should all call them and complain!

s/cL3.0

I tried calling every # avail one is a fax all the others are disconnected...I emailed every dept. there hopefully they get back to me cause the MSA hood will not be done {s130} until end of summer.

Dorifto

I've heard somewhere that an S30 hood is only marginally different than an S130 hood, and that they could be swapped in some instances? I'm not sure on this, if someone could please clear that up for me.

Bleach

Maybe the website is false advertising. They take your $500+ per hood and go out of business in a few months. YA!

lww

It would take quite a lot of modification to get the S30 hood on an S130 and CF doesn't weld up so easy and you can't just add to it like fiberglass. It has to be vacuum molded all together at the same time or you'll get crazy seams that probably won't hold together.

Even the MSA hood is just a layer of CF laid over and then vacuum formed onto a fiberglass base for rigidity.

Bleach

modify the steel on the sides of your engine compartment to form around the S30 hood.

DynamicJ

hah, maybe thats what they just finished doing and that's why all their numbers are disconnected. I have a fax machine... i figure if their phones are cut off so is there fax

lifegrddude

Contact the guys at this site. My friend bought a CF hatch and hood from them for his 240Z (he races at Qualcomm every now and then for those of you in SD who attend racelegal events) He said the owner of the place would make a CF hood for us ZX'ers if there was enough demand and if someone had a perfect hood (no dings and straight).

http://www.betamotorsports.com/produ...omposites.html

lww

That's over $900 for the hood (with all the parts you need) and over $1000 for the hatch (including polycarb 'glass' insert).

That's pretty pricey. I would go with the CF/Fiberglass hood from Classic Datsun Motorsports. It's only a few pounds heavier and it's a whole lot less $$$.

http://www.classicdatsun.com

I'm picking up mine up at MSA along with a CF BRE spook and spoiler.

Heat Rave R

Are you talking about for a 280ZX, or a 1st gen Z?

lww

First gen Z

s/cL3.0

These are 280zx forums....Just un case you did not see...You guys aregetting my hopes up, all this talk of carbon for the ZX