[DeTomaso] 19 pound rear deck

Julian Kift julian_kift at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 11 14:18:13 EDT 2010


What most US vendors sell as a 'carbon fiber' decklid is no more than a fiberglass decklid overlaid with an aesthetic top layer of carbon, very different than a true CF decklid.
 
Only guys I know of producing true CF lids and doors commercially are JPC in Sweden. They quote a rear decklid at 3kg (6.6lbs)
 
http://www.jpc.se/a/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=6&Itemid=5
 
Julian
 
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:48:38 +0200
> From: charlesmccall at gmail.com
> To: boyd411 at gmail.com
> CC: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 19 pound rear deck
> 
> Going by memory, the stock rear decklid is 70-something pounds? It's HEAVY,
> as anyone can vouch for who has either changed rear decklid shocks, or had
> failing shocks and been bonked on the head by the rear decklid.
> 
> So 19 pounds is a significant improvement, and a good place to save weight.
> 
> Also going by memory, I think that the authentic carbon fiber rear decklids
> (as opposed to fiberglass with carbon fiber overlay) weighs something
> amazing like 2 pounds. I've lifted Geoff Peter's decklid - he runs no
> decklid shocks on his CF decklid as it is completely unnecessary - and I
> would beleive the 2 pound figure. Maybe it weighs as much as 4lbs, but not
> more, I don't think. It really does feel like lifting a sheet of paper...
> 
> Yes, CF lids are expensive. So it would be interesting to see what the
> Barotex decklid costs.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 6:36 PM, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has he made a front hatch yet? How much is he asking for the deck lid? Do
> > you know if he has any plans for door skins , spoilers etc? How brittle is
> > this stuff?
> > Hugh
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not sure what carbon fiber rear decks weigh, but I received a Barotex
> > > rear deck today made by Lilo Ben Zicron (who owns the highly modified
> > > Mangusta race car at recent events) and it weighs 19 pounds without
> > > hardware. Barotex is suppose to have some strength and durability
> > > advantages over carbon fiber. The shape looks very good, very flat
> > > surfaces, and it is very rigid. The hinge locations and lock still need
> > to
> > > be worked out.
> > >
> > > Lilo developed barotex and is in the process of marketing it for various
> > > uses. There is some info here:
> > > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1201154.htm
> > >
> > > Ken
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