Major Japanese textile makers are stepping up development of carbon fiber materials for use in automobiles to reduce body weight and raise fuel efficiency for… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Sat, Aug 16 2008
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YouTube video Shitty sound quality, but should give the idea how it sounds.
Take a look closer and you can see the carbon fiber shell cracked a bit due to packing material burnage. This happened at track day. |
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