[Teutonic Speedra...]

In the new Popular Hot Rodding magazine, they have a blurb on Autovelocity carbon fiber wheels. They have magnesium centers, and their 18" x 10.5" wheel only weighs 8 lbs, and is twice as strong as a Z06 wheel! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

That'd be nice for our cars, another 48 lbs of rotating mass in addition to the static mass savings! Too bad they are $1,500 a piece! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[prockbp]

awesome.. carbon fiber does have great tensile strength.. but carbon fiber has virtually no ductility(it doesn't like to bend or stretch)... once you pass the tensile strength --BOOM-- there goes that 1500 bucks


so maybe twice the tensile of a Z06 wheel but not even 1 percent of the ductility of a Z06 wheel


i'd really like to see those wheels and would be even more excited about seeing one fail