Carbon Fiber Vs. Fiberglass front hood & decklid
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Carbon Fiber Vs. Fiberglass front hood & decklid
Hi all!
I want to lightening my car (Now 90% track).
I'd like to replace the front hood and the decklid.
Carbon fiber or fiberglass?
New decklid + standard spoiler or new decklid + RS America Spoiler?
I must install front splitters or lips with the RSA spoiler ?
Ciao Paolo
I want to lightening my car (Now 90% track).
I'd like to replace the front hood and the decklid.
Carbon fiber or fiberglass?
New decklid + standard spoiler or new decklid + RS America Spoiler?
I must install front splitters or lips with the RSA spoiler ?
Ciao Paolo
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Hi all!
I want to lightening my car (Now 90% track).
I'd like to replace the front hood and the decklid.
Carbon fiber or fiberglass?
New decklid + standard spoiler or new decklid + RS America Spoiler?
I must install front splitters or lips with the RSA spoiler ?
Ciao Paolo
I want to lightening my car (Now 90% track).
I'd like to replace the front hood and the decklid.
Carbon fiber or fiberglass?
New decklid + standard spoiler or new decklid + RS America Spoiler?
I must install front splitters or lips with the RSA spoiler ?
Ciao Paolo
Here's an article from the RSA site:http://www.rsamerica.net/articles/me...ex.htm#RUF-RCT
Few tuners, if any, can match Ruf's balance. The Ruf front spoiler will do fine with an RSA tail.
Call for verification.
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Following Mr. Linton's advice, it should be noted that all of the standard suppliers of parts like Getty, MA Shaw, GT Racing use a wet layup process and the weight difference between carbon fibre and fiberglass is near zero. The extremely nice parts that Robert has made use a completely different process and the carbon fibre parts are much lighter. My short note is that unless you are going to use a company like Robert's Cartridge company, don't waste your money on carbon fibre parts, unless you are purchasing them for looks only as I did for the doors and hood of my racecar project.
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As good a tuner as Ruf might be, to the best of my knowledge, such firm has neither a wind tunnel nor an aerodynamicist on staff. As such, regardless of the carbon vs. fiberglass issue, I would use a version of the factory Type 964 3.8 RS/RSR rear spoiler and the front spiltters appertaining thereto -- enough aftermarket firms make copies that these should be obtainable at reasonable cost.
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Thanks at all!!
One question for Robert: RSR rear spoiler & RSR front lips on a narrow body?
P.S.: your car is very "outrageous"!!
Paolo
One question for Robert: RSR rear spoiler & RSR front lips on a narrow body?
P.S.: your car is very "outrageous"!!
Paolo
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Good point. The spoiler should be no problem. As to the splitters, if the front under covers do not fit (and as I think of it they might not), perhaps some enterprising person could use the narrow body front covers and glue and screw the splitters thereto.
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Strega,
one photo of the "rear", please
Paolo
one photo of the "rear", please
Paolo