This is where every ounce even matters.
Carbon fiber doors weight savings.
Carbon fiber doors without a cage or side impact beams will not offer any protection in a side impact crash.
And the finished door will never be as light as this piece.
You find one oz.
Same way with the carbon fiber hatch that was mentioned earlier.
The doors are a tremendous weight savings opportunity in your race car.
While we found owners claiming to have saved from 17 to 35 pounds per door panel after going to carbon fiber we feel it s important to caution that carbon fiber door panels will not provide the same level of protection that metal ones do should your vehicle take a direct hit from the side.
Carbon fiber 1600 00 fiberglass 900 00 carbon kevlar 1800 00 description.
Starting at 1375 00 weight fiberglass 14 5 lbs ea carbon fiber 8 6 lbs ea stock door weighs about 85lbs fiberglass door assembled.
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They are usually gutted and stripped of all internal pieces for weight savings and simplification which is a time consuming process.
Every single piece of exterior bodywork of the car is made from premium carbon fiber including the hood doors fenders and bumpers.
These carbon fiber doors are only about 7lbs each and surprisingly rigid.
The carbonetics 1g dsm drag doors are the best weight savings for the 1g dsm platform each door weights only 9 10lb vs 45lb saving 35lb from stock gutted door.
However the biggest weight savings would come from replacing the relatively heavy metal structural frame so i d think race only application.
Here and one there then you at 16 well hell theres 1 pound.
This results in a significant weight saving of 310 pounds 140.