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

 

Small: Door Handles, Outside Triangles

Large: 99Spec Lip, Rear Bumperguard

 

UIM and CF underwear!

 

UIM, Feed side Skirts, Rear Bumper diffuser, door handles, 99 LIP!!! (need one soon)

 

interior, UIM cover

 

U I M!! that would be like so narly dudee

 

Interior, door handles, 99 spec front end would be awesome!

 

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?

 

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?

 

Wouldnt that itch?

 

Just add some more resin and it'll be good.

 

 

I wasn't specific, but I was referring to the interior, door handles, diffuser, lip, front end, etc. Hey, to each their own, but I really couldn't give a rat's *** if any of these parts were made out of carbon fiber. Who cares?

 

windshield

 

No carbon fiber will ever be mounted anywhere on my car.

 

sorry guys I'm not up too par on my abbreviations...can you spell out UIM...and I think we are going to start with something small first

 

UIM=Upper Intake Manifold.

 

i am definately with adam c on this one, it looks horrid

 

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?

 

That's just a sticker job, but looks pretty nice. Would be even nicer if it was functional and made out of CF. A LIM would be nice while I'm at it.

 

Do you guys think the carbon fiber can handle the heat or the pressure?

 

I think that would be too complex to produce.....to many mechanical parts to bolt on correct?

 

We could probably produce a cover to go over the UIM, but can it withstand the heat?

 

I have seen a lot of carbon fiber parts on FD's, and I don't think it improves the looks. I prefer a more stock look. The FD is one of the most beautiful cars ever produced. I think carbon fiber makes it look like like a young kid messed up a really nice car.

Just my opinion

 

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