You CF bigots in denial, and living in the past., Carbon fiber fans unite! |
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You CF bigots in denial, and living in the past., Carbon fiber fans unite! |
bob91403 |
Sep 22 2004, 02:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 2,763 |
You carbon fiber bigots out there are in denial, and living in the past. You call it "ricey", only because the manufacturers sell to the largest market, the ricers. But, you damn well know you'd opt for all the carbon fiber options you could get if you had the half mil. to spend on a Porsche Carrera GT. How can you call it "ricey", the whole damn dream car is full of carbon fiber. It happens to be a technological advancement, not some kind of fashion statement. Yeah, I think the stuff looks great. I'd love to get enough people together to convince rennspd.com to give me a good price on a pair of 916 bumpers, a pair of hoods, a rear wing, and to make molds for standard rocker panels, and a targa top. Maybe even some interior parts like dash top, bottom, face, doorpanels, center console, backpad. Stronger and lighter are two things you have to like. If you dont like the look, pad it or paint it. But, you can't look at a Porsche Carrera GT and make me believe you think it's "ricey". :finger2:
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Jeroen |
Sep 22 2004, 08:27 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
QUOTE(Special_K @ Sep 23 2004, 03:21 AM) Sorry Jeroen, but that is how they do it... Yeah, I know... what I meant is that you can't just lay it up like you would with f/g It's not just a matter of mixing up some resin and brush it over a couple of layers of CF The frames/monocoques of a Carrera GT or F1 car or ... are cured in an autoclave Big f-ing expensive expensive tooling and equipment. And you CAN'T fix a structure like that by just patching it up (like a f/g bodypanel) If a F1 car crashes and the monocoque is damaged, it's a write off... But what do I know... go a head, buy a couple of yards of CF and a couple of gallons of resin and build a 914 tub How hard can it be (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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