964-C2

I am looking for a light weight hood for my 944 street car. I am looking for best possible fit / quality (as close to original look as possible).
After searching here on rennlist I understand that most fiberglass parts for our cars has are not made for street cars... (not very good fit and quality).

Who makes the best light weight hood?

Does anyone have any experience with teilecar.com?
http://www.teilecar.com/?grp,47,2

catamax944

no experience with them myself but i heard their wings are very good quality . I presume the rest of their products would be also

xsboost90

nicest hood ive seen- my buddy bought a carbon fiber hood from The Racer's Group- custom made- awesome work.

Van

I had an IFC one that was pretty good.

If you want the best, you probably want an original Turbo Cup hood!

333pg333

I'd check with Mike at IFC. His work enjoys a very good reputation. Having said that, I have a nose piece from teilcar and it is of good quality. I will have examples of both company's work on my rebuilt trackcar in the not too distant future.

964-C2

Thank you for your answers.

I am considering this nose piece too. Does it look as good as a stock (metal) part when it is mounted? Or can you clearly see that this is not an original metal part (not as straight and good fit)?

333pg333

The fit of it is good. It's not painted yet so I don't have any pics. I think it will be very good once it's all finished.

Steve113

Looking for a hood as well and i want the best quality . Keep me posted on what you find
Thanks

964-C2

Does anybody know the weight of the stock (metal) nose piece?
(the teilecar part is 1,1 kg - http://teilecar.com/?7,frontblech-fr...4-s2-turbo-951)

MAGK944

931 is 4lb 8oz (2kg)
951 goes off my scale (5lb limit) I guess it's about 5lb 8oz (2.5kg).

Copilot

I just checked their site and saw the fiberglass rear hatch - first one I've seen that I think actually looks good AND natural.

Anyone have one? Any feedback? And any idea how insane it would be to ship to the US???

333pg333

I don't see the weight of the nose piece being of any significance. There are so many other areas to reduce weight if that's the objective. Also, just putting in a ventilated nose piece without any hood venting is almost certainly counterproductive. In fact some would say it can hasten wear or even expiration of your motor...so be warned. It's not to say you can't run one and live to tell the tale, but you are generally going to create a high pressure zone unless you vent your hood and allow egress of the airflow. Something like the 968rs turbo is about right in terms of duct location.

As for a really good hood, I'm pretty sure that there will be something available next year in c/f that won't be stupidly expensive...but not the normal 944 student cheap either. I also have door molds for top shelf c/f version. Not cheap though. Only for the serious. Price top quality c/f doors for a Cup Car to see just how expensive good work costs. These won't be nearly that expensive but probably somewhere in the vicinity of $5k a pair, maybe less.

333pg333

Just saw this. Not sure what's happening but I suspect at those prices it's a real c/f hood?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cfx-Carbon-F...sories&vxp=mtr

964-C2

Thanks for the link.

CyCloNe!

Hey Patrick did you start a rebuild thread since your crash or use the same old thread? I'm a creeper with your car lol.