http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/t...g+%3A%29&mid=0

 

that is f****** mad bloke is an idiot,but funniest mod ive seen for a while.lol

 

Im off to the shed to make one myself!!

Oh wait, I already have one that was designed for my car and is NOT made from wood!

WTF was this guy thinking

 

Once the rest of the French POS has rusted away his strut brace will be the only thing left

 

Fpmsl

 

That's amazing, think of the money he's save by not buying a one!.......

Obviously only jokeig what an idiot, I recon he must be a retard!

 

wood can have some amzing properties re strength and general resistance to stress/shear/stretch etc


mother nature knows quite alot about building superior products to man made stuff

does not sound that stupid to me, I would not be so quick to call him an idiot as the posters on PH

 

Agreed it might not be the normal way of doint things but if used correctly wood is very strong, and think about the weight saved over using metal

 

That bad boy clio has obviously upset some scoobies in the twisties, with the advantage of the wooden strut brace handling.

 

i like the post where the guy says that "on a road car, who gives a **** whether it works or not"

but

if on a track car that was winning races, "every fvcker would have one on a couple of weeks time"

 

Speachless

 

I would rather have a piece of wood holding my car together, than a bunch of monster stickers

 

Back in you're box you tw@t

ps, Thats not mine anymore

 

What a plank

 

Seems crazy. BUT. What if it actually works? Morgan still use wood frames don't they? The hi-fi world worships wood because of its absorbent properties. What if this guy is actually onto something? You never know!

 

Yes, it`s a plank

 

Are u taking the p1ss too? Look at how hes mounted it!

 

It's a prototype

 

Prototype my ****, he spent many hours calculating, measuring and fabricating that masterpiece

 

Bit of fine tuning and Ripspeed will have a wooden range later this year, you wait and see

 

High end modern windsurfers have started using more wood


http://www.star-board.com/2013/products/technology.php

" A sheet of 0.6 mm Australian plantation pine wood forms the full outer shell of the board. Wood's unique properties are its natural rigidity, superior resistance to compression and higher energy absorption compared to carbon."




And balsa wood has been used in surfboards and windsurfer for years (in stringers) as no other product is a light and as stiff

 

You might be thinking of Marcos cars btw

 

dont surfers want some flex though?

this comment made me larf,

'I'm thinking of setting up a business making breast implants of the same material.

That'd be a commercial success wooden tit?'