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12-27-2006, 02:50 PM
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Drives: MR2 Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 12
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What about a carbon fiber hood? It would be cool if someone made carbon fiber fenders, door skins, and a hatch! I would want door skins because of safety reasons, especially if it's a daily driver.
I've got a carbon fiber hood and engine lid on my second gen. MR2. I'm not sure on the exact weight that they saved. But it's probably more than if I had stripped out the interrior... it's my daily driver. You could also drill 1"-3" holes out of parts of the structure. Racecar builders do this, but they usually done by structual engineers who know what they are doing. I read an article in SCC about this being done to an S2000. If done right, the car will be lighter, stronger, faster, and stiffer than before.
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