disasterman

We made a carbon version of my current fascia which was fiberglass.

This part weighs 6 pounds.

psychoideas

Very nice!
Did you vacuum bag it or just lay it up?

Sterling Doc

Sweet, and very clean!

odurandina

fantastic.
I'm going to attempt a lightweight version of my 968 bumper cover this summer.

your fine work serves as a huge motivator.

and can you PLEASE post more about the Trans Am!!

Noahs944

Absolutely AMAZING. want.

Dash01

Thanks for sharing! Great job!

What weave and weight carbon fiber cloth? How many layers? Resin type?

I may do this with fenders and hood, am curious about particulars of construction, so appreciate greatly any info you'll share.

Noahs944

I apologize for the side-tracked question, but I wonder if there is an alternative to using an oven...
Can a person use a torch or heat gun to cure?

psychoideas

Any enclosed space that's capable of around 50 degrees C.
House ovens don't go low enough and room heaters are not hot enough.

I've heard of aero modellers that vacuum bag and then oven cure inside their closed up car in the sun. Easy get 50 there!

I think the secret is even temperature and probably not obtainable with a hand held heat source.

odurandina

this stuff with a respirator offers plenty of flexibility for first timers w/ carbon.

http://www.resinresearch.net/id9.html

http://www.resinresearch.net/


for my spoiler I'm probably not going to use any carbon, as epoxy resin is so incredibly strong,

just a few layers of 6oz glass, will give my spoiler plenty of strength for the street.

Dash01

In the homebuilt aircraft community, folks sometimes use an "Arizona autoclave," which is simply putting the freshly laid up part into black plastic garbage bag(s), and then letting it cook in the sun for the afternoon. Internal temperature probably gets somewhere in the !80 degrees Fahrenheit range. Works fine.

disasterman

The material is a 5.7 oz. 640 ksi twill weave, aerospace grade cloth. 100% carbon except for the foam reinforcements. It's a lay up with open cure. It's been extremely durable for my hood.

Attached some photos of the TA

1970 Ram Air III, rotisserie, nut & bolt restoration - just finished

disasterman

Here is the new splitter.

Max Energy

Jim,
Looks great. I did speak with Kyle.
What is the impression on the top RH side for? mounting?
Thank you,
Max

disasterman

We have a strut that goes to the bottom of the bumper with a plate attachment. We are making a modification on the attachment method based on a year racing with this front end. That strut may not be necessary or may be modified. It will go something like this;

A. Clips to fenders each side

B. 2 bolts to bumper front

C. Splitter attached to fascia to make a single structure that rests on top of the stock bumper (with trimmed ends).

D. Two bayonet style receivers extending down from the trumpets with corresponding bayonet style male fittings on the splitter.

The attached photo is of the fiberglass version we ran last year. We changed the side mounts from Dzus to Aerocatch latches (one one each side).