Re: Why fiberglass, when there's carbon-fibre!

[todd candey <tcandey@wwa.com>]

Daniel Hussey wrote:
> 
>       Hey gang,
> 
>           I talked to a friend the other night and he told me that Ivor at TAP
> is comming out with a lot of carbon-fiber parts for the 5000 series cars, inclu
> ding a hood (aprox $600) with vents in it, and a carbon-fiber trunk as well.
> He is also supposedly working on other body panels, like the flared fenders,
> but I've heard rumors that another listmember is already working on that.  Perh
> aps he'd care to give some info on how that's comming?  This would be the ultim
> ate weight saver!  That hood would be great....do you know how much the stock
> hood weighs?  I don't, but I know it's a lot!!!!  ;)
> 
>                                                                 Later,
>                                                                 Dan

All true....
So far the list of composite body panels includes hoods for the 
ur-q/4k,both vented and not, as well as the flared fenders.
The fenders save about 35lbs per pair while the hood saves about 30 lbs 
itself.

Coming soon will be the same things for the 5k series cars.
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Todd Candey                       89 90q 
Elk Grove Village, IL             81 4k 5+5
USA                               85 4ksq