Carbon-fiber body panels or trim pieces on a breathtakingly expensive supercar like a Lamborghini are old hat.
That vision includes using carbon connectors rather than steel, cutting their weight between 40 and 50 percent. Using them in a V-12 engine would have many benefits, including noticeably improved power and acceleration.
This technique moves beyond the traditional methods of using resin-reinforced, or "prepreg," carbon-fiber cloth hand-pressed into molds and baked, or resin transfer molding, which injects the resin into the mold under high pressure, as McLaren uses for the tubs of its supercars.
That vision includes using carbon connectors rather than steel, cutting their weight between 40 and 50 percent. Using them in a V-12 engine would have many benefits, including noticeably improved power and acceleration.
This technique moves beyond the traditional methods of using resin-reinforced, or "prepreg," carbon-fiber cloth hand-pressed into molds and baked, or resin transfer molding, which injects the resin into the mold under high pressure, as McLaren uses for the tubs of its supercars.
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