Carbon Fiber Intakes (Con't).

[DemonTSi at aol.com]

In a message dated 98-02-11 15:07:23 EST, you write:

<< I was also considering utilizing carbon fiber to make the manifold I'm
 working on, however after a little bit of research, milling, grinding, and
 welding appears to be a little more forgiving, and provides for smoother
 surfaces within the plenum areas, which will attribute to better airflow
 (less fuel pooling on a carb system, which is a must with nitrious).
 Anyway, I scrapped the idea more out of fear than logic.  Right now, I'm
 looking at mild-steel. >>

Well, if you want the inner surfaces of the plenum and tubular sections to be
smooth, you could always lay the carbon fiber up over a mold...that way the
inner surface should be pretty smooth. If you vacuum bag it, then the outer
surface should end up pretty nice too. And resin can be polished up to a
pretty nice, smooth finish.

Van