Carbon fiber charge pipes

Originally Posted by BBRSpeedWorks Thickness is 0.03" that would be .12" that should work. .12" sounds like overkill for a wall thickness. Carbon with 55-60% resin is a little more

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11-09-2014, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BBRSpeedWorks

Thickness is 0.03" that would be .12" that should work.

.12" sounds like overkill for a wall thickness. Carbon with 55-60% resin is a little more than half the density of aluminum alloys and I doubt your current pipes have .120" walls so you might not save much of any weight at that thickness. I would aim for .06-.09".

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