Carbon Fiber Xratty

I did not find a link to this earlier. This guy is building a tube frame Xratty with a full carbon fiber body. Good pictures and looks like a good build so far.

http://www.sirscca.org/gene/

Christ on a crutch! This guy wins the "too much free time" award.

alkun Wrote:
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> Christ on a crutch! This guy wins the "too much
> free time" award.

And for not thinking too hard.
A steel bodyshell when stitch welded and a cage well done is stronger than either separately. Stronger and stiffer.

this thing has little reason to be called a "Mare-KOOOooooooOOOR"

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> alkun Wrote:
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> > Christ on a crutch! This guy wins the "too
> much
> > free time" award.
> Agreed.
> And for not thinking too hard.
> A steel bodyshell when stitch welded and a cage
> well done is stronger than either separately.
> Stronger and stiffer.
> My guess is that, like most road racers, lighter is better. Stiff is added bonus and strenght is secondary. Colin Chapman must be his hero.
> >
> John Vanlandingham
> Sleezattle, WA, USA
> > Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
> > www.jvab.f4.ca

One has to admire the fabrication skills. A PhD thesis in carbon fiber and welding. When he's done, a fortune in carbon fiber and steel tubing to create- a 20-year old race car. He could use it like an artist's portfolio if he was seeking a fab job.

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Bruce Beauvais
Too many SAABs to count

That's Gene Young. I bought his previous car, a replica Lotus 7 built for autocross. The suspension design and construction was first rate. Adjustable everything without having to take anything apart. It was fantastically easy to align to whatever settings I wanted.

Links to pics and specs in my for-sale ad. Not spamming - it's sold - just not delivered yet.

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f94/fs-locost-lotus-7-bike-motored-autocrosser-59353/

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Jason McDaniel

Also, Gene and Paul Bird are close friends. Paul Bird is building an over-the-top American Iron Extreme (AIX) class Mustang. He's got a build page on (cough) the Corral and although the pics have disappeared, he answers a lot of tech questions on Corner Carvers.

http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=660756

http://forums.corner-carvers.com/showthread.php?t=30257

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Jason McDaniel

Is Paul Bird's car the all carbon twin turbo moostang. He looked like he was making a very custom car.

Andrew_Frick Wrote:
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> Is Paul Bird's car the all carbon twin turbo
> moostang. He looked like he was making a very
> custom car.


Yep. That's Paul's car. He's trying to build a widebody, DOHC V8 twin turbo Mustang with complete road racing safety equipment that weighs less than 2500 lbs.

He's not finished yet, but it looks like he'll be in the 2300+ lb range.

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Jason McDaniel

I would really like to learn how todo that carbonfiber work.

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