TET Mouldings for sale
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Graham is going try and add the SEAC front end to his collection, as he know's who has it.
As per CF there is 2 methods, 1. Pre-Preg. that need to be baked, this gives the best strength.
But you can get just CF cloth and lay up wet as per GRP you can even mix and match, so if its just cosmetic, then you can just use 1 layer of CF, this helps a lot on cost also.
As per CF there is 2 methods, 1. Pre-Preg. that need to be baked, this gives the best strength.
But you can get just CF cloth and lay up wet as per GRP you can even mix and match, so if its just cosmetic, then you can just use 1 layer of CF, this helps a lot on cost also.
gmw9666 said:
Out of interest......Anyone know who has any SEAC mould's? (Just incase lol) I had asked Trevor and he's never had any
I think he only made moulds where there was a likelihood of recouping the outlay several times over. In theory he could take a mould from your entire car but while TVR were still in business it'd almost certainly have been cheaper to buy replacement panels from the factory.I asked him several years ago if he could do the sills and front airdam for a S2 390SE but he didn't have moulds and unless I wanted to foot a very large bill there wouldn't be any
PoleDriver said:
Can the same moulds be used to produce carbon fibre parts?
Yes they can.Edited by PoleDriver on Tuesday 23 August 22:57
There are a lot more than 2 ways you can make cf panels
for ultimate strength you do want vaccum and heat in an autoclave.
but there are lots of different resins that work at different temps, so you can wet layout or you can even get prepreg that will cure at room temp..
you could do a cf bonnet in either wet layup or pre preg vacc bagged or not and in normal use you would not know the difference.
other than in the wallet!
Cheapest would be outer layer of cf wetlayup and lower layers of chops strand glass or woven if you wanted to nicer inside finish..
why would you want cf? looks or weight? we've experimented a bit with race panels and if not structural we can get to similar weights as cf with grp. it will flex and ultimately crack as its thin but on a racer they get mullerd so easily its cheap enough just to replace after a few seasons!!!
Happy to talk on any options on moulds to help source and if we dont have one will know if one exists and can point you to has it..
One of our main aims in securing the moulds is to make sure they are avilable to keep the cars on the road in the future... and its more interesting that IT !!
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