Carbon Fiber Intakes (Con't).

[Carl Summers]

Max wrote:
> 
> I read this post and thought, boy does this sound familiar.  You must be
> Heinrich Gerhard from H.O. Racing in Lawndale.  I work with Don Helfenstein
> at Nissan and he has mentioned your name on many occasions.  Don had
> mentioned this project recently and suggested that I should come by and
> take a look with him sometime.
> 
> Small world.
> 
> Steve Mitchell
> 
> ----------
> > From: HeinGer at aol.com
> > To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> > Subject: Re: Carbon Fiber Intakes (Con't).
> > Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 8:46 PM
> >
> > As a guy who works with composites for a living (major aerospace
> company), let
> > me add my $.02 to the string...  First of all, fiberglass cloth will
> handle
> > ANY heat that an auto engine can throw at it.  I wrapped my header tubes
> with
> > it.  The problem with heat is the resin used for the laminate.  If you
> use an
> > epoxy resin like Hysol 9396, which has high strength up to about 350 deg
> F,
> > you can easily make an intake from fiberglass.  In fact, fiberglass is
> > preferable to graphite (carbon fiber), if you are making the laminate
> without
> > vacuum bagging it.  Why? Because graphite fibers are much more slippery
> than
> > glass fibers and will tend to delaminate more easily.  By vacuum bagging,
> you
> > force the fibers into much more intimate contact with each other, and
> greatly
> > reduce the chance for delamination.  I know, because I've tried both
> ways.  I
> > recently completed a graphite manifold for my 66 GTO, powered by a
> roller-
> > cammed Pontiac 428. I also machined a 2-bbl 60mm throttle body for it (I
> was
> > too cheap to buy Lingenfelter's).  As soon as mr. postman brings my Accel
> > computer, I'll let you  know how it works.

Heat is energy ,,,,energy is horsepower,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if
controlled.....................................................................................so
basic,,,,,it makes tuning seem,,,,,,,,,,