black bonnet
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Okay, I only watched the anime of Initial D and haven't read the comics so I dun know what happen.
Why did Takumi's 86 suddenly have a black bonnet? It seems that it has become a trend among car lovers here. I saw quite a number of car having black bonnets on purpose......
can anyone enlighten me?
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The bonnets are black because of the material being used. Mostly are a composite material made of carbon fibre or a mix of kevlar and or carbon composites.
Being made of carbon fibre, it is usually much lighter than the OEM metal bonnets. Being lighter, it means your car's power to weight ratio increases thus increasing the car's performance.
What you see on the streets are nothing but a trend going around now. There are much more things that you can do to your engine and transmission before doing the carbon fibre bonnet bit. But you cant see engine mods as clearly as you can see a black bonnet. Some do it for cosmetics while others serious into racing do it to lighten their car and thus improving the performance. Usually, one would put bonnet pins onto the carbon bonnet to prevent the bonnet from unlatching and flying off during high speeds.
hope this has helped.
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The black colour bonnet is actually make of carbon and is actually lighter than the original material of the bonnet..
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Does carbon bonnet has to be black? How about bonnet with bonnet pins only? Is it safe to assume that those bonnet are carbon bonnet as well?
Saw FD3S Type R tune B driven by the Kyoko girl, her bonnet has bonnet pins but is not black(although the real-comic version, hers is black FD).
Check out http://www.initiald.org/cgi-bin/initiald/v2.cgi?pg=car&co=mazda&car=16 -
Carbon Fibre bonnets in real life doesnt necessarily have to be black. they can be painted over or laqured over with gloss. But usually, most just leave it black. It is actually not totally black. It is a mesh woven design that has black and tiny silver colour in it. Looks good as it is.
Also, due to the light weight of the bonnet, high speeds on occasion may unlatch the bonnet and so people use bonnet pins to secure the bonnet in place on top of the standard bonnet latch that the car already provide.
Bonnet pins can be attached to any type of bonnet not necesarily have to be made of carbon fibre.
Cars with bonnet pins now a days you see in the street are probably more for cosmetic (ie: look nice) rather than truly functional usage. because you will have to be doing 200+kph (or even more) and taking corners at serious G forces before your bonnet can unlatch from the windforce and G forces. -
Thanks Dark Conviction. No hard feelings over the past postings.
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No problems. Didnt find your postings offensive at all. Was glad you were willing to share your opinions and experiences with everyone.
Cheers