Does anyone have a Carbon prop on their cars?
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The idea behind a Carbon prop is exactly the same as having a lightened flywheel, i.e. to reduce the mass that the engine needs to accelerate that would otherwise arrive at the wheels.
Won't make a difference to the top speed of a car, however acceleration could be improved. This improvement for a road car would likely be immeasurably small however, and questions would need to be asked of the likely operational life in normal service.
Unless you are competing at the pinicle of a category where every 100th of a second counts, I wouldn't invest my money in this area where gains can be made with better results in other areas of improvements ..... bet it would look nice though, but I've never met an MOT tester yet who would come close to being in the catergory "wanna impress them"
Won't make a difference to the top speed of a car, however acceleration could be improved. This improvement for a road car would likely be immeasurably small however, and questions would need to be asked of the likely operational life in normal service.
Unless you are competing at the pinicle of a category where every 100th of a second counts, I wouldn't invest my money in this area where gains can be made with better results in other areas of improvements ..... bet it would look nice though, but I've never met an MOT tester yet who would come close to being in the catergory "wanna impress them"
Ive just had a look at a website that was very helpful, check it out at www.torqline.com
I dont think they are that expensive and comes with a whole range of benefits.
I dont think they are that expensive and comes with a whole range of benefits.
Those standard composite props are not as good as the after market versions. I spoke to sumo power about their pink 350Z and they have broken a couple!!!! Think they are looking at getting a higher performance aftermarket composite prop made, that company CTG are actually looking at making their own version. If its anyway near the top notch quality of their evo,impreza, skyline and S2000 shafts it should be amazing!
Hey i found some interesting information on carbon props here, worth a look www.blatchat.com/t.asp?Id=115417
I have built a few carbon props for race cars, plus balanced WRC shafts. The main problem with carbon shafts is they are not resistant to impact damage, so the WRC shafts were tarmac use only. Apart from that they are reliable and light. One of my shafts was on a European Championship Winning car, cant say any more.
If you have a long one piece prop then you can get some static and rotational weight saving. I do know that CTG are good and I would trust their shafts.
JB
If you have a long one piece prop then you can get some static and rotational weight saving. I do know that CTG are good and I would trust their shafts.
JB
The other thing you can do, is what the Focus WRC car did, spin the prop faster, therefore you can make it thinner, and hence it is lighter. The other trick they employed was that of making it out of tube, and increasing the diameter whilst making the wall thinner, again less weight for the same strength.
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