Wight saving of a Carbon fibre bonnet (1#2)?

[MillerLight]

Anyone know the weight difference/saving between a normal 1#2 bonnet V’s C.F one?

 

[MillerLight]

why cant i spell! i mean weight. not wight

 

[LegoHead]

loads! worth it if you can find a cheap second hand one, i think they are over priced.

 

[Ian_182]

Ill guess 30kg difference

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

^ Couldn't be that much could it?

 

[Eliganza]

theres no way in hell a bonnet would weigh 30kgs

 

[powey]

around the 4-5kg mark id say

 

[type_rdriver]

Bonets are pretty heavy i would say about 12-15 kg std, not sure about a CF one tho

 

[MikeyK18]

PH1 alloy bonets are lighter than a carbon one

maybe noth relevant but thought id add my input lol

 

[Timmay]

^ Couldn't be that much could it?

i think he was taking the piss

iirc theres a 6kg weight saving on a CF bonnet over standard

 

[clio_luke]

i think he was taking the piss

iirc theres a 6kg weight saving on a CF bonnet over standard

yeah, its either 4kg or 6kg
quite a bit. but i would not pay full price.

 

[Ian_182]

I honestly hadnt got a clue.

Quite shocked if people are shelling out hundreds to save 6kg though

 

[clio_luke]

I honestly hadnt got a clue.

Quite shocked if people are shelling out hundreds to save 6kg though

its the look tho too.
personally i dont really like the look of cf. i think it can look very tacky when its overdone. the odd touch here and there is nice tho

 

[MillerLight]

Ok thanks for the comments.

Its not for a clio its for my corsa, but this forum is much more helpful than the VXR one (most posts are along the lines of “How do I change a bulb”) so thought id get an idea of the saving.

No prices and weights have been released yet for them, but people have started to put there names down so I just wanted an idea.

For the weight saving silly it’s a lot of money. Im looking for stuff to do with the car that wont invalidate my warranty. Weight saving is one of them.

Looks like I’ll be getting a Tripe Eight remap then instead!!

 

[LegoHead]

It costs roughly £50/bhp for increasing power on the f4r. If I gain 3bhp/tonne with mine I will be happy.lol.

 

[osbid172]

I thought it might be closer to £100/bhp

 

[Middo]

the weight saving is really down to its construction. fibreglass backing, fully carbon, metal backing structure?

 

[LegoHead]

I thought it might be closer to £100/bhp

I base all my mods on £50/bhp.

£1000 can get you just under 200bhp, approx 20bhp gain.
Individual throttle bodies, £2500, 50bhp gain.
Turbo, around 6k+, 120bhp gain.

very rough estimation, but I use it as a good indication as to whether a modification is good value for money.