Magnesium and C6
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Burning Brakes
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From: East Bay CA
Magnesium and C6
I thought I'd poke around to see what's up with magnesium.
To date, it appears to be showing up in the following
places on certain vehicles:
Steering Column Assemblies, Steering Wheels,
Instrument Panels, Seat Frames,
Engine Valve Covers,
Manual Transmission Housings,
Automatic Transmission Housings,
Transfer Cases, Wheels, Intake Manifolds
Here are some website for the curious. I get the impression
that a car with 50kg. of magnesium is a very special car.
http://www.magnesium.com/w3/data-ban...&magnesium=286
The next two have good lists of potential applications
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/101.pdf
http://www.thixomat.com/press.asp
Here's some miscellaneous stuff:
http://www.intlmag.org/news-events.html
http://www.magnesium.noranda.com/img/high.pdf
http://www.sae.org/automag/metals/12.htm
http://www.sae.org/automag/techbriefs_06-00/05.htm
To date, it appears to be showing up in the following
places on certain vehicles:
Steering Column Assemblies, Steering Wheels,
Instrument Panels, Seat Frames,
Engine Valve Covers,
Manual Transmission Housings,
Automatic Transmission Housings,
Transfer Cases, Wheels, Intake Manifolds
Here are some website for the curious. I get the impression
that a car with 50kg. of magnesium is a very special car.
http://www.magnesium.com/w3/data-ban...&magnesium=286
The next two have good lists of potential applications
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/101.pdf
http://www.thixomat.com/press.asp
Here's some miscellaneous stuff:
http://www.intlmag.org/news-events.html
http://www.magnesium.noranda.com/img/high.pdf
http://www.sae.org/automag/metals/12.htm
http://www.sae.org/automag/techbriefs_06-00/05.htm
Drifting
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From: Somewhere in Michigan
Re: Magnesium and C6 (Scissors)
Just make sure you never ever ever get that magnesium to ignite. :eek: :lol:
Drifting
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From: Ridgewood NJ
Re: Magnesium and C6
A friend of the company got his Viper GTSR Competition Coup earlier this year. The wheels were made of magnesium and were ultra light as well as other parts of the car. Even with the tires on the wheels, you could play a game of catch with them. I don't expect to see much magnesium in the C6 any but I wouldn't be surprised if magnesium was used in the C6R. Actually, I expect it.
[Modified by ObeyC6, 11:08 AM 6/6/2003]
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Drifting
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Re: Magnesium and C6 (Runge_Kutta)
Mag is a wonderful weight savings. But I have seen several fires during the machining of mag parts by machinists with 10-15 years experiance with the metal. It does not like friction, it WILL flame on you.
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Re: Magnesium and C6 (GDP)
hey we can get carbon fiber half shafts for our C3s and those take some force on them so why not make rims from fiber, looks a bit wierd but all black rims and tires might be worth it, mmm 1 pound rims.
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Re: Magnesium and C6 (GDP)
I don't think Carbon Fiber would be as effective for valve covers as Mg would. Mg is much cheaper and would probably weigh the same as CF in a valve cover application since the CF would have to be thick where the bolts go thru on the mounting surface.
[Modified by Formula, 2:35 AM 6/12/2003]
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Re: Magnesium and C6 (veXati0n)
I thought Magnesium was a soft metal :confused:
Drifting
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Re: Magnesium and C6 (pillowmeto)
Carbon Fiber has resin in it right? Will the resin maintain shape long term when exposed to the engine heat that valve covers would see? I don't recall ever seeing CF valvecovers on any racing or production engine. Have I just missed something?
CF would be a great soluntion to save weight many places in the car, but manufacturing costs and quality issues must be resolved first. If they have done that already (Comm. Ed. hood) then look for expanded use throughout the car. But I'm not sure about the VCovers.
CF would be a great soluntion to save weight many places in the car, but manufacturing costs and quality issues must be resolved first. If they have done that already (Comm. Ed. hood) then look for expanded use throughout the car. But I'm not sure about the VCovers.
