Comments on: CFRP + AL https://kyushashoes.com/cfrp-al/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Quentin Osborne https://kyushashoes.com/cfrp-al/#comment-621 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:07:10 +0000 http://kyushashoes.com/?p=2256#comment-621 You mean these.
http://www.generationhighoutput.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/generation-high-output-shelby-csx-vnt-fiberride-wheel.jpg

I never realized they were composite. Would have been cool if they were asymmetrical as well.

Looking around, I found this quote, “They aren’t that light. I’ve got a couple of them (both cracked). I’ll weigh them if I ever think about it. For drag wheels there are much lighter options, for autocross/road racing I’ve seen first hand a CSX pull the lugnuts right through the wheel in a turn – really tears up alot of parts on a rare car when the wheel comes off at speed in a corner.”

Ain’t no JWL rating on them.

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By: DJ https://kyushashoes.com/cfrp-al/#comment-620 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:32:37 +0000 http://kyushashoes.com/?p=2256#comment-620 The first production composite wheel as far as I know is on the 1989 Shelby CSX-VNT. It is a Plastic – FiberGlass composite. They were produced on all 500 models of the car. They’re really not the strongest but they look cool. All gold, one-peice 15×7 5×100.

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