What CF piece do you want?
10-28-04, 06:46 PM
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What CF piece do you want?
I am seeing if there is any new interest in making new CF pieces for our FDs. My cousin is trying to find some extra income while going through college. He has currently learned how to mold and make CF pieces and has completed a hand full for his SC400. He has asked me to find out if there is any interest in the FD community to make CF parts. We are taking suggestions on smaller pieces first, cause we got to go buy them and make them for prototypes to show everybody. However, we can't make a bunch of different pieces at first, so we might just do one of what ever everyone is interested in. All suggestions and comments are welcome. Nothing is set yet, we are just testing the waters for now, but are serious
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10-28-04, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeedKing
Geez, what's the big fetish with carbon fiber? You guys would be the first ones to call out the "Ricers", yet what do you think this makes you?
10-28-04, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by the_glass_man
A big request is a carbon fiber UIM, which would flow better, have better thermal properties and look better. Please explain to me how that's rice?
10-28-04, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by adam c
No carbon fiber will ever be mounted anywhere on my car.
10-28-04, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Madmax670
i am definately with adam c on this one, it looks horrid
10-28-04, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by the_glass_man
Carbon Fiber looks pretty nice when it's tastefully done. Why wouldn't you want something that improved performance and dressed up the car a little bit?
Just my opinion
10-29-04, 12:25 AM
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Here's a carbon fiber intake manifold that has been out for Hondas for about 6 months now. In addition to producing tremendous gains, the piece is incredibly light, and pretty much immune to heatsoak.
It also costs about $2000 in a market where there's probably far more demand than for us. Some testing showed that it made about 30whp average more than the typical intake manifold.
I don't think gains like that can be realized on the FD since the UIM is much more simple part.
The manifold is also very brittle as is most stuff made of carbon fiber. It doesn't take much force to have the manifold crack and splinter.
Sonny
It also costs about $2000 in a market where there's probably far more demand than for us. Some testing showed that it made about 30whp average more than the typical intake manifold.
I don't think gains like that can be realized on the FD since the UIM is much more simple part.The manifold is also very brittle as is most stuff made of carbon fiber. It doesn't take much force to have the manifold crack and splinter.
Sonny