Carbon Fiber

[mrlogix]

has anyone tried to make the clutch and stator covers out of CF? Frame? Swing Arm?Triple Trees? ....just asking :D

[John422]

On my 1125 I Have cf engine covers. But that's it to my knowledge. I have a cf tail for sale from American sport bike.com.

[Cosworth]

I think logix is talking about the entire engine side cover actually made from carbon and true structural parts not just hard part covers. Somewhere I have seen motorcycle wheels made from carbonfiber. And if you can make a wheel out of it I would imagine it would be possible to build structural components such as the swing arms etc.

[mrlogix]

I work for an aviation company and we make engine parts out of the stuff


I think logix is talking about the entire engine side cover actually made from carbon and true structural parts not just hard part covers.

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[mrlogix]

frame and swingarm would be awesome, but the mold are expensive as f*ck for parts that large. engine case and side covers are a little easier. I think it was Ford in the late 90's or 2000's that had an all composite engine that ran non-stop for 100,000 miles.

[Cosworth]

^I'd love to see information on that.

[mrlogix]

the composite matrix is proprietary, but the process requires the mold to be vacuumed and in a compression state for the cure time, great big presses

[mrlogix]

press's or presses? well f*ck :D

[mrlogix]

^I'd love to see information on that.

not Ford, but this is other people working on it

http://blog.caranddriver.com/is-this-the-engine-of-the-future-in-depth-with-matti-holtzberg-and-his-composite-engine-block/

[mrlogix]

http://www.bing.com/search?q=Ford+Composite+Engine&FORM=QSRE1

[nicholas900]

You'd need an autoclave. Not many guys making actual structural hard parts. Mostly decoration, covers for covers, fenders and stuff.


BST makes carbon fiber wheels. That's about all I can think of.

[mrlogix]

didn't EBR get financing from GE Capitol? Now Hero?

[mrlogix]

hey Dean, wouldn't a CF frame and swingarm be badass? Between that and engine CF usage could be a nice chunk of weight. My need a bladder for fuel like they do in the apache. Just thinking

[mrlogix]

could have made a difference at Isle of Mann this year..just saying

[mrlogix]

You'd need an autoclave

is that the evacuation process or the big ****ing ovens? Just asking:D

[Cosworth]

Thats a pretty interesting read logix, Ive delt the the molybdenum plasma spray coating on a twin turbo mustang I have and it holds up pretty darn well to 1k horsepower on the drag strip. Its a whole nother topic to itself but pretty cool if your into that kind of stuff

http://articles.sae.org/7624/

[mrlogix]

we do thermal spray processes here, both thermal barrier and wear resistant. Seen them spray thermal barrier on CF parts before

[Cosworth]

Sounds like you get to play with all the cool sh@#

[mrlogix]

yeah, just have to wait for a break in production scheduling :D

[nbenson45]

John422 I'd be interested in the CF Tail you have for sale. PM me the info if you still have it.