Wow, carbon fiber content

[cheades]

It is a full carbon fiber bodied Elise, here is the link if the pic doesn't work: http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/show...&threadid=9070

[SykoBMW]

Crazy...

[Jon325i]

At least the dash isn't glossy CF :roll:

Jon

[Ryan Stewart]

Man, 80lb reduction for only $35k? Sign me up!

[Rob]

shit, 80lbs is a big deal if your car weighs 1800lbs i guess...

[nando]

wouldn't a CF chassis be quite a bit stiffer as well?

[cheades]

Looks like all they did Nando were doors and all the body panels so it isn't any stiffer. I could only imagine how much weight an e30 would lose though, the Elise is already fiberglass panels so it didn't lose nearly as much as an e30 would.

[KenC]

The Elise is so fucking hot.

[randomtask37]

we need a splooge smiley face

[randomtask37]

this will work

[bmwannabe]

my semen doesnt look like cake batter, but i guess i get the picture

[Ryan Stewart]

my semen doesnt look like cake batter

Mine does, should I get that checked out? :oops:

[bmwannabe]

I guess.

Yellow and thick means you got the clap bro!

[Saul325is]

wouldn't a CF chassis be quite a bit stiffer as well?

Well it depends on the type of CF, how many layers, etc. From the slight weight reduction with their CF chassis compared to stock, I assume that they used pre-fab cream of the crop CF with numerous layers which would be stronger than the stock chassis.

-Saul

[Ryan Stewart]

Its just clips. The chassis is honeycomb aluminum glued together.. Its just the bodyshell itself that was replaced with CF, the original bodyshell is fiberglass.