carbon fiber wrap sway bar??

[lilbrudder]

i havn't worked with carbon fiber yet(looks like a similar process to FG), but maybe someone here has. i was watching a little piece on tv about carbon fiber being used for stiffening structures and i got to wondering if this could be applied to our sway bars? now i know it sounds unlikely but from what i saw, it might just work and be able to be done at your own home at a fraction of the cost of getting costom ones made. the fronts seem problematic but the rears might work pretty easily. does anyone here have experiance with structural carbon fiber wrap that can put this into perspective?

[Hondasucks]

I don't think it'd work for a sway bar since there's too much twist/flex, it'd crack.

[odepaj]

I dont think Carbon Fiber would help with torsional rigidity?

[subbieatnz]

aircraft type allumium wuld be better ???? if you could afford it

[lilbrudder]

it should help with the torsional rigidity if you wrap end to end. stiffness is one of it's main characteristics.

the big question is will it crack? this is where we need someone with experiance. think about some of the cf aplications these days, wheels, strut bars, frames, axles, bodys, masts(boats), everything for race cars and high end street cars, pretty much anything you want to make stronger, stiffer, lighter(like our sway bars).

[odepaj]

Originally Posted by lilbrudder

it should help with the torsional rigidity if you wrap end to end. stiffness is one of it's main characteristics.

the big question is will it crack? this is where we need someone with experiance. think about some of the cf aplications these days, wheels, strut bars, frames, axles, bodys, masts(boats), everything for race cars and high end street cars, pretty much anything you want to make stronger, stiffer, lighter(like our sway bars).

IDK, maybe im having a huge brain fart right now. But I really don't see how carbon fiber has torsional strength.



Dustin

[lilbrudder]

they wouldn't make driveshafts out of cf if it didn't have torsional strenght.