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Old 09-05-2004, 03:15 PM
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hood weight difference

whats the weight difference between a stock steel hood and a stock fiberglass hood?
Old 09-05-2004, 10:37 PM
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my Ram Air II hood weighs 37 pounds
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My Ram Air II hood weighs 37 lbs.
Old 11-22-2004, 09:33 PM
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My stock steel cowl induction hood (without the cowl induction hardware) weighs 58.2 pounds.
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My stock 'glass Z28 hood weighs nothing (well, close anyway )
Old 11-22-2004, 10:13 PM
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I weighed a stock 84 Z28 composite hood last week and with no hardware (and a big hole in it) it was at 42lbs
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