Carbon fiber?
#11
RE: Carbon fiber?
most cheap carbon fiber body parts are fiberglass with carbon fiber glued over it true carbon fiber is pricey like 3grand a hood. id never run a carnbon fiber driveshaft when they break you cry its like glass ill stick to alum and fiberglass to lose weight
#12
RE: Carbon fiber?
ORIGINAL: mustanglover66
Not to mention the problems when this happens
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Not to mention the problems when this happens
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One of my Navy buds was tellin me about when the FA18 catches fire and burns they have to wear protective clothing and respirators around the wreckage after the fire is out. Little bits floating in the air that get stuck in your skin, eyes and lungs.. fun stuff!
Making a driveshaft is very much different from making a hood, its a size thing for the oven. As in how many you can fit in there for the treatment at a time makes it either cheaper or stupid expensive..
#13
RE: Carbon fiber?
I had a Carbon Fiber Hood on my Celica. Its not that pricey, 3 grand a hood, iunno where u heard that. Mine cost me 365 and it was all CF. Parts got Pricey starting of Iraqi Freedom for obvious millitary reasons. But yeah. CF goes for the Ricer cars that want to be light as dust, cuz they need it for Power to weight. As for our cars, i'd just spend that CF money on performance parts and make more HP rather than save 30 pounds here and there. It pays off on Imports, just not for Torque monster muscle cars.
#15
RE: Carbon fiber?
x2.. its still fiberglass that is made to look like carbon fiber. Fiberglass is light, like in the 3-4lb range for a small hood with minimal bracing. true carbon fiber would be lighter still. The ricers, and some of you are being decieved by appearance.. If the part had any sort of gloss to it, it sure as hell wasnt carbon fiber, even though it may look like the matt used in it. The huge diffrence is in the resin used and what activates it. If it is same stuff used on jets, count on it being prohibitively expensive. Check out what it takes to build a Funny car body like John Force uses.. those are all CF, not fiberglass, and they are more expensive than most OEM cars built today.
The fiberglass doors that are going on my race car are 6lbs, the factory ones are 100lbs. the glass is reinforced to withstand use, but otherwise it is verylight.
I guess people think I am just pullin this stuff outa my rear end or something..
The fiberglass doors that are going on my race car are 6lbs, the factory ones are 100lbs. the glass is reinforced to withstand use, but otherwise it is verylight.
I guess people think I am just pullin this stuff outa my rear end or something..
#16
RE: Carbon fiber?
ORIGINAL: THUMPIN455
F16 did that while I was stationed at Osan AB in Korea. Three days before I left it caught fire after an engine failure on take off, the pilot ejected and the plane crashed near the Doolittle Gate.. Little pieces of airplane everywhere, few larger than the wheels..
One of my Navy buds was tellin me about when the FA18 catches fire and burns they have to wear protective clothing and respirators around the wreckage after the fire is out. Little bits floating in the air that get stuck in your skin, eyes and lungs.. fun stuff!
Making a driveshaft is very much different from making a hood, its a size thing for the oven. As in how many you can fit in there for the treatment at a time makes it either cheaper or stupid expensive..
ORIGINAL: mustanglover66
Not to mention the problems when this happens
[IMG]local://upfiles/33399/3D43EE0056274EB388BA3FC43ECFDFD0.jpg[/IMG]
Not to mention the problems when this happens
[IMG]local://upfiles/33399/3D43EE0056274EB388BA3FC43ECFDFD0.jpg[/IMG]
One of my Navy buds was tellin me about when the FA18 catches fire and burns they have to wear protective clothing and respirators around the wreckage after the fire is out. Little bits floating in the air that get stuck in your skin, eyes and lungs.. fun stuff!
Making a driveshaft is very much different from making a hood, its a size thing for the oven. As in how many you can fit in there for the treatment at a time makes it either cheaper or stupid expensive..
#18
RE: Carbon fiber?
ORIGINAL: rmodel65
mustang plus carries all the fiberglass parts in carbon fiber also i believe?
mustang plus carries all the fiberglass parts in carbon fiber also i believe?
They will cost ya tho...600+ for the hoods, and I'm sure just as much so for fenders, quarter, trunk decks, valances, etc...etc...
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