Space Frame Chassis


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I have a glass fibre car with a rotten mild steel space frame chassis. Is it feasible to replace (partially replace) with your carbon fibre tubes and sections? I mean would they be strong enough. The main rust is in the main backbone chassis and the sections that come out along the sills. If i have a 1inch mild steel tube section what would i replace that with for same strength?

I would replace complete section for instance the whole backbone not just patch up the rusty bit.

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I work with a group of school children who compete in an electric kart competition run by an educational charity called Greenpower.
http://www.greenpower.co.uk/
Our school uses the standard steel framed 'kit' cart http://gpshop.theuniprogroup.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/230/s/formula-24-kit-car/ which is very heavy compared to other school's carts made of aluminium or carbon fibre.
 
In order to improve our performance we need to replace our heavy frame with something lighter, but expense is an issue as the children (& parents) have to fund it.
We are investigating the possibility of making a space frame carbon fibre chassis to the same dimensions as the existing frame. Ideally we would then be able to swap over all the other components without needing to re-engineer the whole cart.
We've been advised that 2mm wall thickness carbon fibre tube joined using bonded-in aluminium 'T',  'L' etc nodes would be a good solution.
 
What do people think? Can anyone recommend a supplier of off the shelf connectors to join the cf tube?
Many Thanks for your help.
GO

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