Carbon fiber doors without a cage or side impact beams will not offer any protection in a side impact crash.
Carbon fiber doors weight savings.
Same way with the carbon fiber hatch that was mentioned earlier.
Every single piece of exterior bodywork of the car is made from premium carbon fiber including the hood doors fenders and bumpers.
However the biggest weight savings would come from replacing the relatively heavy metal structural frame so i d think race only application.
These carbon fiber doors are only about 7lbs each and surprisingly rigid.
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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.
This is where every ounce even matters.
So then you have 100 lbs left to reach your 300 lb mark.
In an effort to illustrate this we ve embarked on a mission to shed some pounds from our 275 radial tire project car known as blownz with the installation of a set of fiberglass doors to replace the bloated factory doors we ve been lugging down the quarter mile for the last two seasons in may we cranked off our first seven second pass with a 7 69 in pomona which was a huge step for us.
And the finished door will never be as light as this piece.
Here and one there then you at 16 well hell theres 1 pound.
This results in a significant weight saving of 310 pounds 140.
Starting at 1375 00 weight fiberglass 14 5 lbs ea carbon fiber 8 6 lbs ea stock door weighs about 85lbs fiberglass door assembled.
Then you start looking at how much of a difference that 10 lb carbon fiber hood would make.
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The doors are a tremendous weight savings opportunity in your race car.