What Parts Would You Like To Have Made From CF Composite?

[Bergo]

smugglers box cover, steering rack cover, engine tins, heater/blower block off plates, HVAC block off plates, shift tunnel cover

[Quicksilver]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

So the next question - you want to show off the fibers or have it painted?

Painting is easy so I'd leave that up to the individual lunatic.

[911jettat]

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[M.D. Holloway]

interesting

[2jmotorsports]

If the sky was the limit I would make a CF and honeycomb composite tub. Since it would be stupid expensive I would design it in a modular way that would allow subcomponents to be replaceable. Went off the track tail first into a wall? No problem. Remove the visibly crunched tail portion and send the rest of the tub for an ultrasonic scan to check for hidden delaminations and such. Replace with a new tail section and reassemble. Painfully oversimplified but the sky is the limit.

[nota]

Originally Posted by juanbenae

from the civic hoods ive seen over the years CF does not seem to hold up well to sun over time. my pops' vette is painted black from the factory.

the epoxy does not last if exposed to UV in sun light
the actual carbon fibers donot degrade

they make epoxy with UV filters
but it is weaker then normal epoxy and costs more
and the filter effects also degrade over time
so it just lasts longer before degrading
paint is the long term solution

[Chuck.H]

Originally Posted by Kaefer

Man that would be nice. The question becomes which chassis would you replicate? There are subtle changes/improvements over the years.

I'm thinking '89 non-sunroof M491 chassis. Specify rear flare width at the time of the order!

Almost. '89 non-sunroof M491 TARGA chassis!!!

Seriously though, what might be nice is the backdated heater bits to make 3.6 heater connections to our earlier cars without hoses everywhere.

Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 427k miles

[turbobrat930]

The engine cooling fan!!!