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 Feb 20 2005, 02:42 PM
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LS1 Inside! / Toolbox / Mechanical Engineer  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,215 Joined: 5-February 04 From: NJ Member No.: 179  |
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) |
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Feb 21 2005, 11:59 AM
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also carbon fiber can be cut and tear fairly easy, i know a guy who worked at a bike shop and he took out a $2000 trek carbon fiber road bike, to test ride after fixing it he hit an oil slick in the parking lot, layed the bike down and cut a hole thru the top tube. hit got some samples from porshce once and showed me, we hit em with hammers and it laughed, but put a blade to it and it dies.
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