Carbon Fiber Esprit Parts
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Hi All:
Spoke to a company by the name of MA Carbon doing a
lot of carbon fiber pars for Ferraris and Lamborghinis. They want to know if any of us would be interested in various carbon fiber parts for the Esprit.
If so contact John Borchelt at JohnB@macarbon.com.
They have molds from Lotus parts acquired from a
dealer.
Mark Pfeffer
Spoke to a company by the name of MA Carbon doing a
lot of carbon fiber pars for Ferraris and Lamborghinis. They want to know if any of us would be interested in various carbon fiber parts for the Esprit.
If so contact John Borchelt at JohnB@macarbon.com.
They have molds from Lotus parts acquired from a
dealer.
Mark Pfeffer
Ah 
Here's a funny thing, along the same lines as Paul I made the mistake of disconnecting the gas strut on the rear hatch a few weeks back, and thought "fook me this thing weighs some", then got to thinking if only I could get one made of CF, then add to that the sun roof and the bonnet and before you know it we've saved 100 kilos
Here's a funny thing, along the same lines as Paul I made the mistake of disconnecting the gas strut on the rear hatch a few weeks back, and thought "fook me this thing weighs some", then got to thinking if only I could get one made of CF, then add to that the sun roof and the bonnet and before you know it we've saved 100 kilos
The ultimate V8 carbon accessory (purely for looks mind you) would be the air intake covers in the engine bay (You know - the roundish tubular things with the Lotus decal on the right hand side one).
They would look correct without looking to "bling" in carbon fibre.
Barring that, if they just made the OEM 94-2001 splitter in CF they would sell them by the truckloads.
ErnestM
>> Edited by ErnestM on Tuesday 28th June 18:34
They would look correct without looking to "bling" in carbon fibre.
Barring that, if they just made the OEM 94-2001 splitter in CF they would sell them by the truckloads.
ErnestM
>> Edited by ErnestM on Tuesday 28th June 18:34
carbon bonnet and bootlid too, they may turn out to be expensive but if they lost 30 odd kilos or more people would be interested I think.
the splitter is a fine idea, also the rear underside bit by the exhaust as long as it provides some real down force like the Elise/Exige ones do.
Do some doors and they would look the biz and save a shedload of weight, again expensive but if done right may tempt a few with lots of dosh.
Engine cover is a good start as it weighs a fare bit too.
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the splitter is a fine idea, also the rear underside bit by the exhaust as long as it provides some real down force like the Elise/Exige ones do.
Do some doors and they would look the biz and save a shedload of weight, again expensive but if done right may tempt a few with lots of dosh.
Engine cover is a good start as it weighs a fare bit too.
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some of you have been misinformed about how much weight savings you get with CF parts. you can get them very thin and stiff, but such parts are a lot more brittle and hence less forgiving than the stock parts. to get comprable strength, your weight savings would be minimal. a proper CF part needs to be hollow with varying thickness. so far, i haven't found any fabricators making body panels superiour to stock, in terms of strength. i'm not saying it can't be done. the bicycle industry produces fantastically engineered parts that are strong and light. the problem is there are too many ignorant car owners willing to pay for mediocre parts, and thus nobody is investing the time to do the job properly. the average CF bodypart customer should start with a carbon fibre cod piece.
Check out LEW's News page. Esprit Engineering are developing a dash mask in carbon fibre. A little less adventurous than other parts mention. but it's a start.
www.lotusespritworld.com/news.html
kato
Lotus Esprit World
www.lotusespritworld.com/news.html
kato
Lotus Esprit World
cross-eyed-twit said:
"the average CF bodypart customer should start with a carbon fibre cod piece. "
I suppose we will all live in hope that someone will come up with the goods at a reasonable price, eventually.
For those that just can't get enough CF
www.griotsgarage.com/search.jsp?searchtext=44631
ErnestM
ErnestM said:
"the average CF bodypart customer should start with a carbon fibre cod piece. "
I suppose we will all live in hope that someone will come up with the goods at a reasonable price, eventually.
For those that just can't get enough CF
www.griotsgarage.com/search.jsp?searchtext=44631
ErnestM
Better not show the other half
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