crazy thought of the day
So I was looking through an Aircraft catalog the other day and came across the composite section of it and got the crazy idea of making a carbon fiber or kevlar fiber GT body. Wouldn't be too much trouble I think, just take a GT in pretty good conditing, make a mold of all the exterrior body panels, lay up a floor and glass it all together, shouldn't have to do too much redesigning of crossmembers since it's already a uni-body car. Yes it would be time consuming, and a little expensive, but it would be one lightweight (not like it's not light already =) and strong GT..... that won't rust!!!
I think the cost wouldn't be that bad though, would probably be comparable to repairing a body that was partially rusted out, that would still have the chance of rusting again. This way yould get something that won't be rusting. There are the drawbacks of going composite, such as repairs costing a bit more, but I think if you went carbon fiber or kevlar, it would stand a lot of thumps and bumps.
Anyways, that's my crazy thought of the day
So I was looking through an Aircraft catalog the other day and came across the composite section of it and got the crazy idea of making a carbon fiber or kevlar fiber GT body. Wouldn't be too much trouble I think, just take a GT in pretty good conditing, make a mold of all the exterrior body panels, lay up a floor and glass it all together, shouldn't have to do too much redesigning of crossmembers since it's already a uni-body car. Yes it would be time consuming, and a little expensive, but it would be one lightweight (not like it's not light already =) and strong GT..... that won't rust!!!
I think the cost wouldn't be that bad though, would probably be comparable to repairing a body that was partially rusted out, that would still have the chance of rusting again. This way yould get something that won't be rusting. There are the drawbacks of going composite, such as repairs costing a bit more, but I think if you went carbon fiber or kevlar, it would stand a lot of thumps and bumps.
Anyways, that's my crazy thought of the day