[DeTomaso] Fiberglass or carbon race Pantera roof ?

[Patrick Hals]

Hi Mike
No, not a tubular car, just a good ole GR4 with a good roll cage, so flex IS a main concern, hence my question to the Forum.
Pat
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: michael at michaelshortt.com 
  To: Patrick Hals 
  Cc: detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fiberglass or carbon race Pantera roof ?


  Can we assume that the car will be fully tubular and that roof strength is not a concern for body flex, etc.

  Michael Shortt


  On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Patrick Hals <patrickhals at skynet.be> wrote:

    In constant search of saving weight, I am investigating the possibility of
    having a carbon roof on my future GR4 replica. The rest of the lightweight
    spares ( front GR4 spoiler with ducts, front hood with vents, rear sugar
    scoop, 2 doors, rear decklid, GR4 flares and " elephant ears" engine air
    intakes  ) should not exceed 10 kilos in total... That's what I call weight
    saving !
    As a matter of fact, and quite unexpectedly, I have recently acquired with a
    friend of mine, a minority shareholding in a small fiberglass and carbon
    manufacturing company in Alsace-France ( 20 years of experience) and this
    will finally allow me to have access to top quality lightweight spares at
    unbeatable prices, and have other P friends in Europe benefit from it.
    Does anyone have any experience with that lightweight roof system, like on
    factory BMW GT4 or Ferrari 430 Challenge that are presently racing in Europe
    ? How to proceed ? How much weight is eliminated ? What about rigidity ?
    Many thanks
    Patrick
    2862 Candy - 9628 ADA - 3679 - 4208

    _______________________________________________

    Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA

    Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/

    DeTomaso mailing list
    DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
    http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso





  -- 







  Michael L. Shortt
  Savannah, Georgia
  www.michaelshortt.com
  michael at michaelshortt.com
  912-232-9390


  This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy
  Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally
  privileged.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
  that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this
  communication is strictly prohibited.  Please reply to the sender that you
  have received this message in error, then delete it.  Thank you