Carbon fiber rims?
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Jon7)
Even though carbon is a strong material, I would not trust them to hold up my car on the road. Picture hitting a slightly bigger pot-hole and the highway, and instead of your rim denting, it shatters. That would be a b!tch.
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Jon7)
If I remember correctly these rims are produced in an autoclave, something that uses pressure and heat to form the carbon fiber, as well as using a dry form of carbon fiber. I'm sure that those rims are extremely strong...remember that the McLaren F1 frame is produced from Carbon Fiber in an autoclave...
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Dan GSR)
good luck mounting tires on those....you'd probably shatter the wheel then....
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Big Phat R)
from what I remember about them, Tim Strube, Executive VP @ CEC wheels, told me that they are very strong, and you pay the price for it. I think they are well over $2k each, BUT this was in NOvember (6th) and my memory is not that great. Also there are so many things at that show that I cant keep them all strait.
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Rob :190:)
but as a characteristic, when carbon fiber 'gives', it doesnt flex or bend, it shatters. this is inherently unsuitable for a wheel. mho, of course.
What form of motorsports or OEM uses carbon wheels?
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Reid)
They were used in motorcycle racing for a while by a few teams... no longer though. Now a shattering wheel on a bike is much worse than shattering a wheel on a car but you get the idea.
Another way of looking at it is:
What form of motorsports or OEM uses carbon wheels?
What form of motorsports or OEM uses carbon wheels?
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (Hooch at 8400-RPM)
I don't think there are any racing series that allow carbon fiber wheels to be used.
Also Dymag claims to be the largest supplier of carbon fiber wheels: http://www.dymag.com/new!_5-spoke_carbon.htm
Carbon fiber can be very resilient, it just depends on who makes it and how. New z-pinned carbon fibers are extraordinarily strong. Carbon hoods, duckbills, and chin spoilers cheap enough for us to afford splinter and mess up because they aren't made for abuse like REAL racing parts. F1 cars bust into shards because it absorbs more energy, leaving less impact to hemorage your brain.
Also Dymag claims to be the largest supplier of carbon fiber wheels: http://www.dymag.com/new!_5-spoke_carbon.htm
Carbon fiber can be very resilient, it just depends on who makes it and how. New z-pinned carbon fibers are extraordinarily strong. Carbon hoods, duckbills, and chin spoilers cheap enough for us to afford splinter and mess up because they aren't made for abuse like REAL racing parts. F1 cars bust into shards because it absorbs more energy, leaving less impact to hemorage your brain.
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (.RJ)
They were used in motorcycle racing for a while by a few teams... no longer though. Now a shattering wheel on a bike is much worse than shattering a wheel on a car but you get the idea.
Another way of looking at it is:
What form of motorsports or OEM uses carbon wheels?
Another way of looking at it is:
What form of motorsports or OEM uses carbon wheels?
http://www.hardracing.com/Rims/BlackStone.htmyou beat me to it...
Re: Carbon fiber rims? (rainmanEK)
Carbon Fiber = Half the Weight of Aluminum, Three times stronger then Steel
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Re: Carbon fiber rims? (RacerZook)
Carbon Fiber = Half the Weight of Aluminum, Three times stronger then Steel
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Very true. And autoclaving does wonders for the strength of CF. I build rocket motors out of Carbon fiber that travel at Mach 6. And you think it won't hold up a 4,000 lb car?
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Very true. And autoclaving does wonders for the strength of CF. I build rocket motors out of Carbon fiber that travel at Mach 6. And you think it won't hold up a 4,000 lb car?
how often do your rockets hit potholes