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

[esw5@cornell.edu (Ernest Wong)]

[from Dan Hussey]

I thought we were still waiting for the carbon fiber strut tower brace. :-)

So I guess I get to replace my dented aluminum hood? Has 2 big f*t b*tt
sized dents on it.

And neither me nor my friends contributed to this aerodynamic anomaly.

>      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