Carbon pistons?.

[ECMnut at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/99 5:20:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, nacelp at bright.net
writes:

> If anyone wants to buy me a couple sets, I'll report the results,
>  Cheers

Top Fuel teams tried CF con-rods prolly 15+ years ago, but they
were so tough, crank failures caused them to give it up...
I guess other metals, like aluminum absorb (some) shock of
combustion, where carbon fiber just passes it on...
It will be interesting to see what happens with the pistons.
MV