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Kinda a fad thing, these days. IME, very few cars look better in matte. Esp high-end sports cars.
hi tech paint from the airforce stealth program.
At least some of that matte looking paint is. I'd imagine other matte paints are substituted as a cheaper approximation without the anti-radar functionality.
-Steve
Never did it though.
It was a Federal offence to take even a weeny bit of it home ............
Cheers,
John K
I don't know. I worked in the Weapons department of the big naval dockyard in Sydney and the submarines were always painted with it. It was thick matt black stuff that sucked up microwaves.
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John K
I'll bet Radar Absorbing paint is a 2nd cousin to the ferric coatings formerly used on magnetic tape.
CrO2 was used, too,
Too much is never enough
...the most insane car (n)ever built.
A Speed6 with another straight six grafted onto it it to make a 7.7L V12.
For racing it was restricted to 680hp due to its low weight and it kinda worked but rule changes robbed it of a category to race in before it was fully developed.
Nobody knows the power output in the unrestricted 'street' version. TVRs dynamometer was rated 1000hp but the engine sheared off the dynos driveshaft.
TVRs then owner took deposits but talked everybody into the race version as he considered the road version undriveable. Deposits were eventually returned.
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I would like to get more detail on which components are C.f.
There are lots of components that need to be made from steel...crankshaft, pistons, cams, valves etc.
I'm sure some amazing things are possible in the future like engine blocks, suspensions etc. but calling that car almost entirely C.f. seems a bit braggadocio.
The Koenigsegg Agera R had carbon fiber body, chassis, and wheels when last available.
Other than driveshafts and suspension components as you mentioned, that pretty well wraps up the use of carbon fiber in cars.
I think carbon fiber drive shafts are possible, if not already done.
And don't forget TITANIUM, the 'hotrod' of metals. Honda / Acura made the connecting rods in some versions of the NSX out of Ti. At some wacky cost.
You could cut a cars unsprung weight by 25% or so, 'just' by using Ti. Some alloys, like 3al2v and 6al4v are very difficult to cold form and in some cases, the flat plate must be cut with ultra high pressure water jets.
And speaking of the NSX?
For 10% of the money, that's where I get off the boat. I'll put the rest in T-Bills and retire.
Too much is never enough
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