Carbon pistons?.

[Raymond C Drouillard]

I wouldn't let breakage in a top-fuel engine deter me.  They'll probablly
work fine in something that runs on a more sane mixture.

Carbon pistons and connectiong rods hooked to a forged crank sounds like
it might be the ticket.

Ray


On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:58:57 EST ECMnut at aol.com writes:
>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
>

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