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New! Carbon Fiber front wheel well lip downforce spoliers

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:57:47 +0000

The second product in Sierra Composites new motorsport parts aerodynamics line. Carbon fiber front wheel well lip downforce spoilers for race and tuned street cars. Used to fine tune a cars front aerodynamics to give more front downforce, they redirect airflow to the front wheels as well as create more surface area for airflow to push downforce on. Initially used to gain an advantage under certain racing rules regulating chassis width. However they do work and were successfully used on the Mercedes Benz CLK GTR as seen in photos below.

When rules allowed these to be molded into the race car front chassis they were, see the ALMS P2 Lola Mazda photo below:

Carbon fiber wheel well lip spoilers have been used in several racing series throughout the years, including German DTM, Austrailian touring cars, Grand Am prototype / GT, ALMS prototype GT, etc.

For full details of Sierra Composites new universal fit carbon fiber wheel well lip spoilers click over to our online store at www.sierracomposites.com

New! Carbon Fiber Dive Planes / Front Bumper Canards / Aerodynamics

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:20:13 +0000

Just released from Sierra Composites! Our new SC Aero GT3 carbon fiber front dive planes, also sometimes incorrectly called bumper canards. Sierra Composites has fabricated custom race dive planes for years, but this is the first time we have developed a race style dive plane that can also be used on a street car, are universal fit and are not race car parts prices. A simple google search will give all kinds of results for “dive planes” or “bumper canards”, however these parts are either cheap plastic with maybe a carbon fiber thin insert for looks but sold funny enough as carbon fiber. Or aluminum parts covered with “carbon fiber”, or cheap polyester / fiberglass imitation parts. Most of these imitation dive planes also have many types of fasteners showing over the surfaces, have mounting areas that are just too small, and have no proper way of securing them to your car. Overall they are just not practical dive planes.

Details on the SC Aero GT3 carbon fiber dive planes can be found on our store website www.sierracomposites.com

Sierra Composites at Brumos Porsche 250 race weekend

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:31:57 +0000

Sierra Composites will be back to its racing roots this week. We will be working with a couple Grand Am prototype teams on some carbon fiber aero devices. This race track work is the final step for us before we release our “street versions” of one of these aerodynamic racing devices… Stay tuned…

GREEN carbon fiber color sheets

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:11:25 +0000

Sierra Composites has just introduced its GREEN color carbon fiber sheets. Sierra Composites is the only manufacturer of this product. Unlike traditional Kevlar/Carbon hybrid weaves, our sheets do not have one color fiber strand woven to a black strand, nor do they have workability issues that Kevlar fibers present. Our new Green carbon fiber sheets have a more subtle look and can reflect a lighter or darker green depending on the light source. Currently these are available in our .015″ sheets only. However we can manufacture any of our products to have the same green color look. Contact us with questions about that.

GREEN color carbon fiber sheets available here

Carbon fiber 90mm EDF motor mount modification

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:22:00 +0000

Sierra Composites is a large supplier to the radio control community, as it has so many uses that it is best suited for. The example here is an excellent use of our carbon fiber .059″ sheet material as a motor mount repair / strengthening application on a 90mm EDF fan unit. These EDF fans can turn in the 40,000 rpm range, and even with proper balancing cause some vibrations. The motor for this fan is a KD-36-74 and weighs 390 grams, it needs a solid motor mount. The stock motor mount in this Haoye 90mm fan unit is a weak spot and can not take motor heat in the 170 degF range along with some vibrations. The mount design is weak to begin with. Our carbon fiber sheet was used to strengthen up that mount as shown in the photos. The carbon backup disc is bonded to the original plastic fan housing to become one complete part with the housing.

Visit www.sierracomposites.com to purchase our products.

Ducati carbon fiber modification

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:30:03 +0000

A customer of Sierra Composites used our carbon fiber angle and carbon fiber sheet for this under seat modification to his Ducati motorcycle.

More special R/C small project sheets

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:25:12 +0000

Our customers requested it, so we made it (again). Sierra Composites has just released its small R/C project carbon fiber plate. These 1.2mm compliment our recently released 2.2mm double sided smooth / glossy plate sheets are very rigid and are well suited to small R/C structural parts such as shock towers and brackets. We know many in the R/C community fabricate thier own custom parts for cars, airplanes, boats and helicopters, Our new 5.5″ x 7.5″ carbon fiber plate sheets are perfect inexpensive way to make those parts.

Link to our store page right here

NEW - R/C project small carbon fiber plate sheets

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:43:45 +0000

Our customers requested it, so we made it. Sierra Composites has just released its small R/C project carbon fiber plate. These 2.2mm double sided smooth / glossy plate sheets are very rigid and are well suited to small R/C structural parts such as shock towers and brackets. We know many in the R/C community fabricate thier own custom parts for cars, airplanes, boats and helicopters, Our new 5.5″ x 7.5″ carbon fiber plate sheets are perfect inexpensive way to make those parts.

Click to link directly to them at our online store.

New carbon fiber sheet sizes

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:09:14 +0000

Sierra Composites customers requested that our carbon fiber sheets be available in half sheet sizes. So that’s exactly what we did. Our carbon fiber sheets in thickness .023″ / .041″ / .059″ and .125″ are all now available in half sheet sizes of 5.5″ x 8″.

To view our wide selection of carbon fiber sheets please visit www.sierracomposites.com

Custom carbon fiber parts for high speed robotics

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:35:24 +0000

For years Sierra Composites has built custom carbon fiber components for end arm tools for use on high speed robotic arms in manufacturing, such as plastic cups/containers and CD machines. These robotic machines normally move at high speeds and also have the need to accelerate then stop then accelerate again, sometimes changing directions as well. Because carbon fiber is the lightest most durable type of contruction for a component, its perfect for robotic end arm tooling. And as a result of this construction it allows the robot to potentially move even faster, thus more units can be moved or made equally potentially more profit. Sierra Composites has fabricated several table top styles consisting of a honeycomb core with carbon fiber skins. Sierra Composites has also fabricated very light weight vacuum chamber panels utilizing a Rohacell foam core.

If you need some robotic machine parts please contact us.