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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by xr-stu
same principle just stronger, and ligher, but not as easy to make into complex shapes as some figreglass matt and resin.
That particular one was made when C/F was very expensive about 10 years ago and was made from the same material as the person making it used when doing F1 car tubs, IIRC it would retail at about 9 grand at the time if you were to buy one, so a bit over the top, but it was a no compromise build.
His driveshafts were gun drilled too, proper engineering porn for the whole thing!
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