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Jan 29, 2004 | 10:44 AM

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has anyone windtunnel tested any of these bodykits?

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:45 AM

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the best material to make bumpers out of has got to be kevlar.

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:46 AM

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what colors does it come prepainted in?

I think u have to go to a body shop

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:47 AM

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what is the best material to make bumpers out of? i know i'll be scraping a bunch and dont want it to snap/crack/pop...

titanium or magnesium

although i have never seen a kit made of these materials

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:48 AM

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molding kevlar is no more difficult than molding carbon fiber, as well.

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:48 AM

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for titanium you can hit up "titanium joe" for sheets, bars and tubing.

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:49 AM

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the nice thing about titanium is that it actually has quite a bit of flex in it

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:50 AM

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i'd be interested to see wind tunnel test results as well...

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:53 AM

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how much would it cost to construct a wind tunnel?

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:53 AM

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uhh millions, i think

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:54 AM

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nah, you could do it fairly reasonable, just depends how high tech you want it to be

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:56 AM

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the first thing you would need is some big fans.

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:57 AM

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tommy has a cwest kit on his car right? or no? his car is pretty sweet looking

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:57 AM

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you just need a tunnel, some fans, sensors, a computer, a daq card, and some wires

Jan 29, 2004 | 10:58 AM

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and then you'd need a room.

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