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Originally Posted by GreenPlease
Has anyone considered a carbon fiber cat-back exhaust? I did a but found nothing. I have to think that there is potential for ~70lbs of weight saving by switching from SS to CF.
Anyone know the limits of the resin used for CF? I want to say 350C....
Thoughts?
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Carbon is quite heat resistant and making CF takes some significant heat. However, CF cloth before impregnated with resin is like fiberglass cloth. The resin and CF together make a tough part.
So while carbon fibers made into a part would take a lot of heat, the resin would not and therefore you could never use it as a high temperature component.
This link details some OEM for CF that claims some people have stuck it on mufflers with adhesive but not made exhaust using only CF:
http://www.protechcomposite.com/serv...FQyfnAodjGnG6Q
Titanium is the same strength as steel at 60% of the weight I believe. It's also notoriously difficult to work with and has bad wear resistance.