I wonder how the tanks are bonded to the core? If anything, I would think the failure would occur there first.

I think it's very innovative. nice work!

 

I really like the black intercooler for some reason...

 

Think about how much IC piping is currently, and like triple that amount

 

It's so sexy, but I'm too poor to put that much money on just the IC and piping

 

it looks amazing, I would take a uicp if it was for a reasonable price

 

I though that CF retains to much heat. Meaning, it would not allow the heat to escape through the UICP when heading to the intake manifold?

 

http://www.rallysportdirect.com/gall...1/IMG_4901.jpg

in that picture the piping looks welded...
is it just me or what?

 

Pretty cool... I wonder why someone hasn't made this sooner..

 

^ cause it will be far more expensive then aluminum or stainless, much harder to work with, higher startup costs, offers no performance gain over steel or Al, you can't just weld a different flange on for a different BOV if you want... basically you'll be paying tons of money to look good i guess there is a market for that though. the weight savings maybe could be justified, but it can't possibly be much less then the aluminum pipes which are pretty light to begin with. for the porsche 944 turbo i remember someone was manufacturing carbon fiber intake manifolds. they were significantly lighter then the stock aluminum one, but they cost 3000 dollars :O.

 

CF pipes...not too bad...CF IC end tanks=rice/tacky

 

i would be affraid to put it on the FMIC... I got dings and dangs all over my FMIC from racing.
I don't know ,how this unit would hold against small rocks etc.
And if you make it too thick ...
but interesting for sure.

 

Exactly what I was thinking...unless there is some special bonding process, this wouldnt work much better than plastic end tanks like come on a lot of stock vehicles.

Also to those using the heat transfer properties as justification...why would you want the tubes to be insulated? the air, even moving through Al tubes, is going to be cooled off, thought it may be a tiny bit...if it is insulated in CF tubes...it will be that much LESS cool when it reaches the intake manifold.

But there is an exception to this...and that would be if the intercooler piping was really close to a heat source and the air around it was NOT cooler than the intake charge (to go ahead and mention this...when the car is in motion, the underhood temps will only be a few degrees warmer than the ambient air temp...yet still cooler than intake charge)

So, I suppose it would come down to application, the tubing I can see working in some instances...I'll have to see more data on the intercooler to have an opinion :P

 

Love it

 

OK, the carbon fiber ***** that I am did some research on this. The sleve material is about $36 per yard which isn't that bad. If I had access to an auto-cad system and CNC cutter, molds could be easily made for these.

Anyone in here work for a design/machine shop? If so, you could make a small fortune.

 

where i work, we make our own carbon fiber...lol
and its not the over-lay junk either, pure CF baby

anyway, how do you connect two peices together? cause you cant bend CF