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The "wet" layup process has been used since the advent of composites to create molded shapes from fiberglass or carbon fiber and resin.
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Reason why I am asking: I have a contact within the racing fabrication industry who fabricates custom carbon fiber components for race teams like PTG. He can take my Taco wing center and make a mold (for a price of course) and then we could do a a group buy on CF wings.
The quality would be VERY high. So much so, that my contact has assured me the surface will be paintable will virtually no prep. Based upon what I have seen so far, I don't doubt it. His CF fabrication is proper as he has a Autoclave curing oven. None of this laying up CF with fiberglass poly resin.
Any thoughts or interest? I am not sure on the pricing yet, I need to gauge interest to organize the fabrication time line.
What say you?
C.
we could make a bunch... likely much better quality and much cheaper.
& ...I just got on their site. No luck finding a CF taco center section. Unless someone could confirm for me...
C.
Steven - a CF center section on your wing would look Awesome. The black CF would pick up the black gurney lip, the black Carerra logo, the black bumperettes..... er..... uhmm..... scratch the black bumperettes comment
Anyway, it would look GREAT!
DO IT! DO IT!
Yes I did. And yes, they do make the entire assembly...but with their own attachment method. Not factory. I am looking to do a factory style wing with the factory attachment.
C.
Soooo back to the question at hand. Is this a wanted thing or am I thinking that this is a dream?
I need to see how many interested people there are to see if we could get a really good price.
C.
I can post something this evening, but it is not visible CF. It is epoxy filled, primed, and will be painted tomorrow. Not a race car, but it sees as much track time as street.
I went to Getty's site and downloaded the catalog, didn't see a 996 Taco Wing center section 'only' in CF. They have the entire rear wing and decklid in CF.
That's what poly resin is. It's a 2-3 part curing polyethelene based epoxy resin.
In order to properly prepare carbon fiber component to its maximum strength, it needs to be cured within in a vacuum or better yet an Autoclave.
There are two ways to create a fiber reinforced laminate; "wet" layup and pre-impregnated fiber layup.
The "wet" layup process has been used since the advent of composites to create molded shapes from fiberglass or carbon fiber and resin. It is the easiest and least labor intensive method available for molding composites parts and is now utilized primarily by do-it-yourselfers to create product without large capital investment. The primary disadvantage of the wet laminate is the lack of resin control.
Dry fiber (glass, carbon, etc.) is laid into the mold and resin is poured and brushed over the cloth in a relatively uncontrolled fashion. Layer upon layer are added and "squeeged" on in this manner until the desired thickness is met. With this uncontrolled resin impregnation, the laminate can be made too resin rich - adding excess weight and reducing overall strength and stiffness. Additionally, without proper attention, areas of the laminate can end up without enough resin, thus creating a high content of voids and subsequently decreasing mechanical properties.
The pre-impregnated (pre-preg) fiber method has been developed over the past two decades to create stiffer, stronger laminates with controllable, predictable results. In this case the fiber is pre-impregnated with resin at a production facility, rolled on spools, and frozen to prevent the resin from curing prematurely. This material is cut and hand laid into a mold to the proper thickness and cured by one of two methods described below. The resulting laminate has a precisely controlled resin volume (+/- 2%) and will be 20-30% stiffer and stronger than an equivalent-thickness wet laminate.
The first method of curing a prepreg laminate is to put it under vacuum bag compaction and place it in an oven for the prescribed amount of time until the resin "glasses", flows and hardens in the shape of the parent mold.
The best and preferred method (within the aerospace industry) is to do this process within an Autoclave. The Autoclave employs the same vacuum bag compaction as the first, but adds the extra force of to "pressure cook" the laminate. In both instances, the cure temperature will also be the maximum allowable temperature of the cured laminate with a continuous service temperature slightly lower. This temperature generally resides between 250 and 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Before you buy ANY carbon fiber parts, make sure of what you are getting. After doing my homework I decided that you really get what you pay for in this area.
I ALWAYS research on this stuff so I know what I am getting into. I'm **** like that.
C.
