The hood is about 17.50 lbs, paintable. Constructed and finished by Epoxy resins gelcoat. Using stock accessoreis. Some of sponsors of this forum will post the fitting soon.

 

looks hot. would look REAALLLLLL nice on my black SS/SC

 

Pretty sick looking! I wonder if it would look good like that on a red one? Part of me says it would be ricer looking, and another part says badass. Should I have it painted red, or keep it like the pic?

BTW, 17.5 lbs is light. how much does the stock hood weigh?

 

I think it would look good, but as far as aerodynamics and functionality goes, over 90mph I see problems. The major problem would be controlling where the air goes, if you just let it blow into the engine bay, it will create more air pressure under your car. This could cause you to lose control - remember these are speeds above 90mph. The Cobalt SS fights against underbody air pressure with its higher tail end. The theory is that more air can leave then is allowed under the car. But if you go throwing extra air pressure under your car for which it was not designed for.... well.... ever see semi's on a really windy day on the highway? Same idea..... What needs to be done is a Ram Air scoop must be made and fed like an air box the entire way to the supercharger - high temp plastic would be best since heat rises and it would be sitting on top of your exhaust manifold and engine. You don't use metal for this because once your engine warms up, so does your Ram Air, as we all know, hot air is a killer of engine performance. A cone K&N air filter could be attached directly to the supercharger in this application for a maxim performance increase. The design would be the hardest part, since most people like to be able to lift their hood, a separation point must exist. The best way I can explain this so that someone can read and comprehend it properly is if you had an air box from like an old carbureted muscle car and reversed the design. There's normally screw on top of the air box that you can take off that allows you to lift the top off to access the air filter and the top of the carburetor. Well if you attached the top of the air box to the hood, cut a space out where the ram air could allow air into it, then run the hose to your cone air filter that is attached to your supercharger. And BAM... a REAL functioning Ram Air hood scoop that could easily provide a noticeable horsepower increase while even while at speeds above 50mph.... Just some thoughts.....

 

Stock hood is about 37 lbs without insulator.
You could partial paint too.

 

Some of points, you are right. But IPP SRT4 hood has been inproved reduce heat.


Cavalier is the same:

I do have a video to show SRT4 at raceway without the hood pins.

 

damn, that looks pretty good!!

 

Well of course any extra air flowing through the engine bay is going to reduce heat. But the point I was trying to make is that if you don't control the air pressure under your car, it can be dangerous. Plus heat isn't a problem with the Cobalt's... the cooling system works so well that GM Racing used it on their Cup Car and their 600-1000HP drag Cobalts, and that almost never happens. I think that if a ram air scoop was manufactured Cobalt SS drivers would benifit more from that from a performance standpoint.....

 

looks good however

i would love to see an extractor hood or something like the evo 8 hood for our cars

also, my buddy has the carbon by designs SRT hood and he doesnt have hood pins

 

Absolutely gorgeous!!!! It would look sick painted to match your stock color with the scoop left unpainted!!!

 

mmm sexy

 

is their a price avalible yet?

 

omg get us a price on this beast of a hood, definately something i would buy for my car.

 

it looks hot

 

Thanks, I did send all of your commens to manufacturer.

 

Revitup maybe has a price avaliable.

 

I want one, how much $ ???

 

I would like to see it on a SS/SC just to see how it looks, it looks madddd nice without it on anything. But sometimes it doesnt look right with a car. Could you do that, that would be great. Thanks.

 

I agree with some of your points but heat is some what of a problem still. If you own an SS you should know that warm weather has an impact on the performance of the car. I personally want this CF hood to cool the engine down but I share in your concern about where the extra pressure is going at high speeds.

 

Check Modern performance or Revitup
But shpping to Canada, if don't know how to packing, the freight is killing.
Shipping from $135.00-$350.00

 

Warm weather does have an impact on the Cobalt SS's performance, but its not 'harming' the engine. GM has put our cars through so much heat wear and tear testing, its normal to question its necessity. As far as heat under the hood goes, that hood scoop isn't going to help you when you're stuck at a red light or in bumer to bumer traffic where your car see's most of its overheating issues. It says you're from Canada, I'd figure that it was cool enough up there for your car. But I'm stuck here in Oklahoma in 100°F weather daily - and my cars run just fine. If you're just looking for something to cool your engine down, why not ceramic coat your pistons or install an alcohol injection kit? Cooling your engine where the heat is happening, not where it’s going, will give you a performance boost and extend your engine life.