#### LIGHTYEAR'S TURBO NA6 CLUBRACER ####

grump · Postby **grump** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:53 pm

little tip. Use a layer of clear uv resistant isothelic gelcoat in the mould before you lay the carbon in. Firstly, It will have a sticky surface because it is unwaxed, which makes it easier to keep the carbon in place while you put the resin on. Secondly, It also gives the carbon protection against degeneration caused by exsposure to uv light. Thirdly , it gives a layer to wet and dry and buff without hitting the carbon. and the fourth reason is it makes sure you have a nice coverage of resin on the outside surface of your product, i.e no pin holeing.
How do I know this stuff?. I've been working with carbon since 1979.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:05 pm

I used epoxy as a gelcoat, But i will go and buy some and give it a go. It came out good everywhere except the edges as it ran away from being to viscous from the heat. I just washed the p.v.a membrane off, so it still had some water droplets on it in the photo's.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:59 pm

amazing work!

care on making me a cf hardtop

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:55 pm

Keen to see the finished product too :mrgreen:

madboy · Postby **madboy** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:59 am

that looks amazing dude, keep up the good work, even looks like you customers lining up at the door!

Blue94t · Postby **Blue94t** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:03 am

Looks great Dave,
Any thoughts on how you could make it compatible with the standard hardtop mounts?
No sure if I am prepared to go to the race car mounting method on my 5.
Jake

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:11 am

To make it compatible i would have to take a mould of all the internal sections. Make them individually and bond them all together, just like the factory one. I am happy to bolt it on as it doesn't need to come of all that often. And when it does it will only take a couple of minutes.

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:14 pm

I cut the bottom of the bumper to let more air in. And panelled in the sides.

The hardtop has 2 more laminations and is now bolted to the car, just waiting on the rear window.

madboy · Postby **madboy** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:32 pm

M8, that looks awesome, what did it weight in the end? I was looking at your posts about this today and wondered where you were with it

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:34 pm

I will weigh it when the window goes in. Before i put it on i held it on the tip of my little finger very easily. Must weigh only a couple of kilo's.

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:33 am

That looks awesome. Well done!

lightyear · Postby **lightyear** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:41 pm

I went to phillip island today for the hillclimb. The hardtop stayed on at over 200 km/h. So that was good. I also was the fastest car there up till round 6 i ended up being 3rd fastest out of over 70 cars. Not including the three formula libre. Would have been better with a back window.

Picture of a picture.