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vrooom 16-11-2014 08:56 PM

Carbon fibre - real ?
 
those carbon fibre on team c cars, are they real carbon fibre or are they imitation under different material name? Im just wondering, that all.

Dandare 16-11-2014 09:26 PM

Well I can't show you any evidence but I'm pretty sure its all real. Certainly if you're unlucky enough to split it (delaminate it) or if you drill/dremel it etc, it 'behaves' like genuine carbon fibre.

I guess if it wasnt actual carbon they wouldn't be able to sell them as 'carbon fibre'...

Chris Larner 17-11-2014 06:11 AM

It's real.
 
After making my own custom cut top decks out of real carbon fibre I would say looking at the original ones it is made or the same material.
I would not thing it would have been worth Team C making parts out of "Fake" material. So that said its the real deal.

DCM 17-11-2014 07:20 AM

There are different grade Carbon Fibre, also how it is manufactured plus you can add 'cheaper' materials inbetween layers (like CSC from Fyberlite) etc....

But I doubt if a big company is saying it is Carbon Fibre it is something else fella..

xfactor 17-11-2014 06:02 PM

What has made you think its not. Or ask this question ?

vrooom 17-11-2014 08:35 PM

It just that carbon fiber weave are completely from what i seen on automobile, that what prompted this question.

IntegraMark 17-11-2014 11:18 PM

carbon fibre is available in different weaves.

Team C CF is real. I've broken a shock tower and it broke like CF would. I've also drilled, cut and grinded it. looking at the edges of it will show you the layers.

Gavin Collingwood 17-11-2014 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vrooom (Post 886248)
those carbon fibre on team c cars, are they real carbon fibre or are they imitation under different material name? Im just wondering, that all.

Seen as a large percentage of the car is carbon fibre, anything other than the real deal wouldn't last very long as it's wouldn't be strong enough

mattr 18-11-2014 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gavin Collingwood (Post 886411)
Seen as a large percentage of the car is carbon fibre, anything other than the real deal wouldn't last very long as it's wouldn't be strong enough

LOL. I can get straight plastics (no reinforcement) that are stronger than some cheaper grades of woven CF sheet.

The whole "Carbon Fibre" thing is a massive hornets nest of different types of CF, varying from "pure" sheet, which is just resin and CF (with hundreds of grades and layups available) all the way down to barely reinforced plastics with 5-8% short chop CF in the mix. Provides very little increase in performance, but allows you to call something carbon fibre.

I'm pretty sure some of the parts advertised as carbon are only referring to the graphite used as colouring to make the plastic black.............


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