www.rsr-racing.net
from his profile.

 

This front is for the car who is going to the Porsche day at Spa Francorchamps in may.

 

this is the doors for the car thats goes to Spa next weekend.

 

Crazy

 

amazing job on the car so far, question; i have tried to make cf eyelids but the strands of cf would not keep the shape around the front curve how did you manage to? i was using vacuum forming

 

Are you covering the OME one with Cf or has you made moulds to reproduce them?

 

+1 on the molds. Additionally, you can use more layers of lower weight fabric to make the cloth wrap more easily. WHen I did my dash (fiberglass, though), I had to cut some slits in it to make it wrap.

 

You has do do every thing at lease in vacuum but some parts will need infusion, heat or autoclave. Some parts has to be done in splitted moulds.
It`s quite trixi to make a nice cf parts and it`s take a lot of tryout to get things to get it wright
We has spent thousands of euros making mistakes during years and still now sometimes things run out wrong.
In this office you can learn things reading in the web, watching YouTube or going to some specialist training centre. But some things you just has to learn on your self making mistakes and then just study why it went wrong and how to improve.
Next monday I`m gone put some pics of new parts for the 951 as rear wide fenders and bumper.

 

okay that expains it i was getting poorly shaped molds i was making. i probably was using to heavy a fiberglass cloth. i will due some more research since i am away from my 944 right now. thanks for the clear up out of curiosity what company do you get your carbon fiber from? also i very much look forward to the update.

 

He's in Europe, but Aircraft Spruce is a great place for all kinds of composites supplies.

 

okay thanks it is a great site, i also found jamestowndistributors.com but they based on boat building

 

One of the most important thing to make good parts is to make really good and stables moulds.
This is the new wide rear bumper (+80mm) and the weight is 0.870kg (1.91lb).
It ha 3 layers of cf and 2 armide and it`s made splitted in two parts for easier transport by mail.

 

I have just finished to make the left rear fender positive pre mould . It`s 1.6inches (40mm) wider than the OEM unit and the wheel arch is cutted out so that the wheel doesn't touch it on a low race car.

 

I'm curious as to how you make the molds.... The molds seem to be key to the parts coming out decent. I would love to attempt something like this however I just don't have the first clue as to how to go about making molds....

Michael

 

If you have the OEM part it`s easy just make a copy of it with: Fiber glass, silicone, plaster or what ever that keep the shape. Some it`s posible will go wrong the first times....