Thought I would run this past you guys in case anyone had any bright ideas. I have been talking to a couple of carbon fibre moulders over the past few days about the possibility or them making a thin carbon fibre airbox lid. The benefits of this would hopefully be retained performance along with increased noise output (i.e. not as insulated as the current airbox lid)

I have sent images and dimensions of the current lid to one of the moulders. They have estimated the cost of the tool alone at

 

I thought Mugen or Spoon made one of these!?

 

It's a big old gamble on something which may or may not have the desired effect!

 

Thats what I like to here.....where can I see?


Ianl
Yep I know, I was hoping they would have a tool they could modify but no such luck. Have given up on the idea, just thought it might inspire someone else to think of a solution
Cheers
Marc

 

I don't know a lot about it, but I thought that you could lay up carbon fibre just like fibreglass. If that's the case and you only want a one off, you don't need a

 

Here it is:

http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com/catal...tail.php?ID=288

 

Thanks R33, anyone have any experience of this?


Thanks Rich, hopefully someone can confirm this is the case?

 

welshrich is right, you should be able to take a fibreglass mould off the airbox, then use that for the carbon fibre mould. I've been looking into making some carbon bits for the 348, and soken to a place that will supply 1m sq of carbon fabric and all the resins etc for

 

I thought carbon fibre had a very complicated setting process and it has to be heated several times under high pressure in a special oven?

 

not from what i've been reading check out :
www.mci.i12.com/carbon/