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Originally Posted by N8GTOL .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

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Old 11-09-2014, 05:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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.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".
Ya I've done a lot more reading in to it I need to shoot for .003 to .006 for the best out come...I got enough carbon fiber the wrap my hole car ...lol.. so I plan to play around with weight and strength....I know for sure it's going to be 2 layers cuz I have to integrate the maf and bov into it...
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