[Blainefab]

Announcing another Blaine Fab carbon creation - LS1 SS hood for any 98-02 Camaro. Real carbon fiber, nomex honeycomb core, vacuum bagged. Very rigid - only 4 pins required. Weight is 10# for the basic pin on hood.

Options include:
carbon airbox for functional ram air
carbon hinge, strut and latch mounts for bolt on use.

Standard finish is grey epoxy surface coat, ready for finish sanding and prime/paint. No pinholes.



Pricing and weights
pin on hood 10# $1375
pin on hood with ram air duct 13# $1575
bolt on hood 16# $1775
bolt on hood with ram air duct 18# $1875

Also available:
LS1 Z28 (non SS) hood, same construction:
pin on hood: 9# $1225

LT1 Z28 (non SS) hood, same construction:
pin on hood: 9# $1150


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This post has been edited by Blainefab: Oct 12 2010, 10:29 PM

[StanIROCZ]

Alan, Any chance you can beat these prices on race car shaped louvers? I'm sure you could sell a bunch on c-c if you can offer a significantly better price.

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_pro...;action=product

[Blainefab]

Alan, Any chance you can beat these prices on race car shaped louvers? I'm sure you could sell a bunch on c-c if you can offer a significantly better price.

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_pro...;action=product

Stan - Nope. Materials cost isn't much, but the hand work in laying them up, and especially finishing them - trimming the inside holes would take a lot of time. I put a pair of these on Christine Knights AI car - Genesis did a semi crappy job trimming the inside holes, and I cleaned them up a bit but could have spent an hour on each. No way to make any profit on that.

This post has been edited by Blainefab: Apr 18 2010, 08:59 AM

[DAlgozine]

Alan, Any chance you can beat these prices on race car shaped louvers? I'm sure you could sell a bunch on c-c if you can offer a significantly better price.

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_pro...;action=product

Stan - Nope. Materials cost isn't much, but the hand work in laying them up, and especially finish them - trimming the inside holes would tatke a lot of time. I put a pair of these on Christine Knights AI car - Genesis did a semi crappy job trimming the inside holes, and I cleaned them up a bit but could have spent an hour on each. No way to make any profit on that.

Would making them from fiberglass bring the cost down significantly? The weight savings of the carbon is great, but there is very little material needed to make these type of vents. So how much is saved comparing fiberglass to carbon fiber for these?

[Blainefab]

Would making them from fiberglass bring the cost down significantly? The weight savings of the carbon is great, but there is very little material needed to make these type of vents. So how much is saved comparing fiberglass to carbon fiber for these?

The things are so small that even the most expensive materials won't contribute much to the mfg cost. CF is overkill given the lack of loading and the inherent rigidity of the shape, so FG would be a fine material. The problem is that low vol mfg of this kind of part is all by hand - prepping the mold, wetting and laying up the cloth and bagging elements, then the post molding trimming and polishing.

If I really wanted make these things, I'd fab a louver die and press them out of a thin, soft alloy of aluminum. Might weigh a few ounces more but would be inexpensive.

[StanIROCZ]

If I really wanted make these things, I'd fab a louver die and press them out of a thin, soft alloy of aluminum. Might weigh a few ounces more but would be inexpensive.

I thought about doing that. There is a guy on c-c that has a louver press but it stamps out the generic louvers that you see on microwaves etc and I think it looks dorky. I want race care louvers!

Sorry for hijacking your thread, I'll stop now.

Great job again. That hood is awesome. I hope you sell a bunch of them. Any chance of getting this advertised on some of the big forums such as ls1tech etc? There might be a small market there also.