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Reinforcing subaru subframe

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By Mehmet Yılmaz - 9/26/2020 8:12:09 PM

Hello!

I have googled carbon fiber reinforcement but mostly hit concrete reinformencent over buildings.
An idea hit me today. I would like to reinforce my car subframe. Here is picture of a subaru oem subframe.


This one is aftermarket upgraded tubular chromoly subframe



So  I would like to use oem subframe(which seems good for laying cf) and make it *more* rigid.
So the question is what is *more?
What rigidity should I expect from laying 3 layers of cf or should I?
I mean if I could get %150-200 reinforcment that could be good motivation for me to start but I dont know what to expect.
Any experience?

Thanks

By Mehmet Yılmaz - 9/27/2020 12:32:00 PM

Thanks for the detailed explanation. Yes from the engineering aspect there are lots of variations. I'm not an engineer so my gut feelings also telling me that it wont be feasible. I mean the chromoly subframe is around 1000$ and CF is expensive stuff. When you add the labour, the result will be risky

Here is how BMW adds carbon fiber reinformencent to 7 series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6tEfCnfKec