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Old 05-11-2009, 05:17 PM
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Default Universal Carbon Fiber Diffuser for sale

I am selling a single Universal Carbon Fiber Diffuser.
The part will fit most sport compact cars. It is 29 inches long and 24 inches wide and it only weighs 2.5 lbs!

The part is produced using aerospace grade carbon and processes. I use an autoclave to cure the part at 250 degrees under 300 PSI of pressure. This produces an extremely high quality part with very little resin and an extremely low void content.

If interested please PM.

Need to get rid of this....New price is $390!!!...that's an insane price.

Here are pictures of the build process:




Here are the parts right out of the autoclave:




This is the finished product. Note, I still have to cut off the flashing:






Here is the part with the flashing cut off, polished, and cleaned up:





This is what the diffuser looks like on my Integra Type R:



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Old 05-11-2009, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AirArchitect
I am selling a single Universal Carbon Fiber Diffuser.
The part will fit most sport compact cars. It is 29 inches long and 24 inches wide and it only weighs 2.5 lbs!

The part is produced using aerospace grade carbon and processes. I use an autoclave to cure the part at 250 degrees under 300 PSI of pressure. This produces an extremely high quality part with very little resin and an extremely low void content.

If interested please PM.

Need to get rid of this....New price is $390!!!...that's an insane price.

Here are pictures of the build process:




Here are the parts right out of the autoclave:




This is the finished product. Note, I still have to cut off the flashing:






Here is the part with the flashing cut off, polished, and cleaned up:





This is what the diffuser looks like on my Integra Type R:


That piece is completely useless from an aero aspect. For one, the underbody of an integra (let alone the crx/ef forum this is on) isn't flat whatsoever. Any air that diffuser is seeing is completely dirty, thus severely limiting that diffuser. There is not necessarily any pressure in front of the diffuser for it to scavenge from, and even if there is who is to say that you aren't in fact increasing lift? Is there any real data behind it? The fact that you are touting this as a universal piece makes me believe there isn't.

Secondly, why are you using an autoclave for wet layup anyway? Most resins will produce void-free results with wet-layup with no where the temperature or pressure an autoclave can achieve with just simple vacuum bagging, especially for a simplistic shape like that

Thirdly, since you are using an autoclave anyway, why are you producing the part and bolting on additional aero pieces after the fact? The bolts just further decrease the amount of clean air that diffuser creates by diffusing airflow on top of the surface of the hardware.

I guess a show piece is a show piece is a show piece, eh? It's too bad. The pieces look nice.




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