[DeTomaso] carbon fiber doors?

[Göran Malmberg]

It is very easy to miss the point in search of weight savings. A hood is a 
hood,
so here a light hood will do a great difference. But in the case of the 
Pantera
as a whole, a carbone fibre chassis would not make the same difference since
we are bolting on moost of the weight. Much of the same apply to the doors,
we are bolting on moost of its weight. This means that the bolt on stuff 
will be
as expensive as the shell of the door to fabricate.
Carbone fibre doors is also questionable in a street application from a 
safety
standpoint since a side impact will destruct the panet in to knife edged 
tools
cutting up the driver. A race car is supposed to have a door cage and 
greater
panel to driver distance.
Therefore in a street application I should stay with the "bolt on" 
lightening stuff.
Goran

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] carbon fiber doors?


> Recently, a go-faster contacted PPC-Reno about a pair of really 
> lightweight
> doors for his Pantera. As most of you know, Larry has fiberglas molds of 
> all
> the panels including doors, and even has a pair of doors already done in
> fiberglas. But this application is not for a maxed-out racer or a GR-4 
> replica but a
> street car, so the doors should have roll-up windows, guides, latches & 
> locks
> and weatherstripping..... and be super-light. Also, they'll be 
> rustproof...
> All this engineering is gonna take money. So I'm posting a sound-out: how
> many owners- racers or street- are interested in a group-buy on such 
> things?
> While it appears as if Larry is gonna do it anyway, he can as easily make 
> ten sets
> of doors as one, but he won't make the extras if they're going to lay on a
> shelf for 10 years. You're not ordering them and right now theres no 
> commitment
> since the price is still being calculated, but lemme know if this appeals 
> to
> you.
> Thanks- J Deryke
>
>
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