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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DiAbLo3785
carbon fiber is the key.
Yeah, or even just plain FRP (fiberglass). you can get CF or FRP hood, doors, hatch, maybe dashboard too. You can also get a ligther, competition spec seat. Plexi glass (or lexian or polycarbonate, i forgot what they use) windows. If you were to get CF or FRP door or hatch, you have to install a set of rollbars for a safety reason and to maintain structural strength of your car.
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by WackyRicky
Yeah, or even just plain FRP (fiberglass). you can get CF or FRP hood, doors, hatch, maybe dashboard too. You can also get a ligther, competition spec seat. Plexi glass (or lexian or polycarbonate, i forgot what they use) windows. If you were to get CF or FRP door or hatch, you have to install a set of rollbars for a safety reason and to maintain structural strength of your car.
why would you have to install rollbars? the ferarri enzo is all carbon fiber. no roll bars.
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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yeah but the enzo was designed to be structurally sound with carbon fiber, so they didnt need roll bars. if your car was designed to be all carbon fiber too then you wouldnt need a rollbar, but your car WASNT designed to be made of carbon fiber. Hence, if you remove some strength by going to carbon/fiberglass parts, that structure has got to be made up somewhere else.
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