The carbon fibre time attack/superlap MX5 NB twins blog

mr2 spyder · Postby **mr2 spyder** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:56 pm

NOICE!

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:29 pm

Both door outers are done now. But i need to cut out the door handle hole on the left door as i decided after that i was going to use a door handle look, rather than a real door handle. They have just been washed. I will get a better pic once they are assembled.

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:11 am

I'd love a pair of those!

I think I have a carbon fibre fetish! :lol:

Kikuchi · Postby **Kikuchi** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:54 am

Okibi wrote::mrgreen: I'd love a pair of those!

I think I have a carbon fibre fetish!

+1 for both sentences.

they look awesome

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:45 am

man those things must be light!!

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:19 pm

Well they are not that light. The whole body from front to back, and top to bottom - basically everything you see in c.f. will weigh about 20kg's. Still, a client of my wife races an old merc, and his bonnet is 40kg's. So he was amazed that the whole body on my car is half the weight of one of his panels.

BadBong · Postby **BadBong** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:00 am

20kg for all panels = not light???...

What are you comparing that to? Air...? :lol:

Kikuchi · Postby **Kikuchi** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:56 pm

Helium filled panels.....

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:20 pm

Except helium filled panels would be heavier than non helium filled panels....

Dann

Imari · Postby **Imari** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:04 pm

Vacuum filled panels. :mrgreen:

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:29 pm

Hmmm...vacuum...filled?

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:36 pm

unless those panels were first filled with air, in which case the helium filled panels would be lighter.

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:45 pm

Should just make em out of carbon hey?

Dann

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:41 pm

So saucy, and I don't even like the look of CF.

Any reason you're keeping the quarter window's at the front of either door? I assume you're going lexan/plexiglass anyway so why not one larger fixed window?

Are you going to make up a 'fastback' fixed roof with smaller (and lighter!) window seals etc.?

As always, awesome work. I'm watching.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:04 am

I kept the 1/4 windows so it will act as a frame to hold the window. Last time i made an alloy tube frame - worked fine. There will be a fastback roof. But not straight away. I will just make a normal hardtop, with the only difference being a c.f rear window.