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#1
04-18-2012, 08:02 AM
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Hood Weight ??
Hey guys,
Need a little help. Does anybody know the weight of stock hood, including hinges and latch? I will be replacing a stock hood with a pin-on fiberglass hood soon. This is a strip only car, and I am going to get it on the scales later this week. As we try to get the weight distribution set, I need to know what weight savings I am looking at with the fiberglass pin-on replacement. Thanks for any help/advice you got |
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#2
04-18-2012, 11:54 AM
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I will be able to tell you early next week, I am shipping a 74 GTO hood with latch but no hinges, the packaging shoul cancle out the weight of the hinges.
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Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
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#3
04-18-2012, 12:51 PM
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I'm working on one right now at the house and I'd say without the hinges, just a bare hood, would be in the 40-45lb range? Hinges would be in the 3-5 lbb range and the latch is minimal.
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74 GTO Bracket/Street car and another 74 for the wifey to race with! 70 GTO 400, 4 spd, #'s matching and a little to nice for me to own. Friendship is like peeing your pants..everyone can see it but only you can feel the warmth! |
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#4
04-18-2012, 02:40 PM
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Thanks guys, gives me something to work with.
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#5
04-18-2012, 03:49 PM
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There not as heavy as you would think but still heavy enough!
 It all added up, especially on the front of the car!
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74 GTO Bracket/Street car and another 74 for the wifey to race with! 70 GTO 400, 4 spd, #'s matching and a little to nice for me to own. Friendship is like peeing your pants..everyone can see it but only you can feel the warmth! |
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#6
04-23-2012, 01:02 PM
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Sorry to see you don't have the specific numbers yet. Hoods weigh a ton! When I disassembled the front clip of my 77 (same hood & hinges) I weighed everything. I'll either find the measurements or drag the scale out in the garage because all the pieces are just laying there.
 Unless someone beats me to the punch :-)
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#7
04-23-2012, 07:44 PM
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Weights I have from changes to my car:
50 pounds going from stock hood to fiberglass pin on with glassed in shaker. 50 lbs dropped by going to a pin on decklid. 50 lbs dropped by installing glass bumpers. 70 lbs dropped by modifying a stock set of doors for lexan. 65 lbs tubing the front subframe and converting to a manual rack. Those are the only "big ticket" weight loss items, the rest are 1-20lb changes that add up over time and take work to get out of the car. |
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#8
04-28-2012, 10:14 PM
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Just to follow up, I get a tad over 11 lbs for the pair of hood hinges.
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#9
05-16-2012, 05:51 AM
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The shipping weight for shipping the 74 GTO hood, no hinges but with the front hood release was 68lbs, that included alot of packaging.
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Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
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#10
06-11-2012, 02:54 PM
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'weighing' in one last time...
Had the joy of schlepping the hood out of the garage this weekend, and took a detour to the scale while I was at it. The weight of the hood is 48.2 lbs (average of a couple of measurements). Hopefully this is useful.
I guess it feels like a lot more weight because it's so cumbersome to move (and I've got long arms!) 
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