The Corvette Racing program pioneered the Corvette 427 Convertible's 7.0 - liter engine, lightweight carbon
fiber body components, and aero enhancements.
The CTS - V uses carbon
fiber body components, Michelin Pilot Super Sport summer tires, and Brembo brakes, and incorporates features like launch control and a Performance Traction Management system.
Not exact matches
Another — oft - ignored - micronutrient is dietary
fiber, a structural
component of plants that the human
body can not readily breakdown and absorb.
Unlike other food
components such as fats, proteins or carbohydrates — which your
body breaks down and absorbs —
fiber isn't digested by your
body.
Simply put, high insulin makes your
body store fat, so a high -
fiber diet is a key
component of weight control.
All of those exotic
components are wrapped in Singer's house - designed, carbon -
fiber body that's bonded to the original steel monocoque — only the original steel doors remain.
The company previously told us that it builds the carbon -
fiber component itself at a facility in Santa Ana, California, and that the
body was penned by Callaway Cars designer Paul Deutschman.
Specific
body panels such as the doors, arches, and ducts are constructed from carbon
fiber reinforced - polymer (CFRP) which are lighter than the standard
components on the E31.
Compared with the already extremely lean Gallardo LP 560 - 4 Coupe, this represents a further reduction of 70 kilograms, resulting largely from the use of carbon
fiber in the
body - shell, interior and technical
components.
Using carbon - ceramic brake
components, lightweight glass, and carbon -
fiber body panels engineers have maximized the power - to - weight - ratio and given the Z28 an improved overall balance.
The Racing Series CLA has also gone on a diet with
body panels made of carbon -
fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) while specific aerodynamic
components have been added.
Similar to the i3, the i8 uses «LifeDrive» architecture which means it has a carbon -
fiber body shell on top of an aluminum platform that holds the battery, electric motor, and other drive
components.
Lightweight material choices — like carbon
fiber and aluminum — pepper the Exige's
body panels and
components.
Its design is based on a hybrid
body shell mainly formed of aluminum and reinforced with carbon
fiber components in the areas of greatest torsional stress.
That would entail a number of weight - saving measures, including the use of lightweight
components like a carbon
fiber - reinforced plastic
body work, polycarbonate windows, carbon
fiber brakes, and a stripped - out interior.
That's why the folks at SpeedKore Performance Group have taken the current Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang — already a phenomenal performance machine — and, without toiling away on complicated engine modifications or upgraded brake and suspension
components, made it an even stronger track star by rendering its
body in carbon
fiber rather than steel.
It's a jolt to the eyes with a more striking version of the RC
body outfitted with wider wheels and tires, an active rear wing, air scoops, cooling ducts and available carbon
fiber body features
components.
In addition, it has also been upgraded immensely under the hood and
body carriage with light - weight titanium and carbon
fiber components.
Redesigned for the 2016 model year, the R8 features an array of weight - saving measures, such as carbon -
fiber - reinforced
body and chassis
components, and an aluminum front end.
The Sunfire's
body panels are made of carbon -
fiber, a strong, lightweight material being used more often in today's automobile
components.
• The steel front - of - dash panel is sandwiched between two damping mats • Nylon baffles are used in various hollow portions of the
body structure and filled with sound - absorbing foam that expands when the
body enters the paint oven • The headliner comprises five layers of thermal
fiber acoustic material, including a premium woven fabric on the visible outer layer • Patches of sound - damping material are applied strategically throughout the
body structure and melt into place when the
body passes through the paint oven, allowing the patches to follow the contours of the sheet metal below • Sound insulation material between rear -
body structural
components that is made from recycled denim • Triple - sealed doors that feature fiberglass «blankets» serve as water, airflow and noise barriers.
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