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freebeard · 01-31-2017, 08:25 PM

I support all three of you. If cost is no object — acquire the Inrekor Speedster.

One off so it's collectable, 300kg less weight than stock, good foundation for a pure EV. All it needs is a top made of basalt fiber.

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/31-january-2011/inrekor-unveils-flat-pack-production-process/

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/so-why-do-you-think-there-no-cheap-32312-5.html#post487108

Edit: Oh, yeah, the basalt soft top.

http://basalt.guru/basalt-fabric-with-a-touch-of-glass/

This is regular basalt twill with a nano-glass coating. Fireproof, knife-proof and electrically insulative. Actually, the glass sizing is so you can embed it in resin without it turning a blotchy blue-black. So you could do the whole Speedster body in basalt. That thick it would be bullet-proof as well; it's like Kevlar. And you could have a hypercar raw-fiber finish in a nice copper-brown.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,665 Thanks: 7,767 Thanked 8,575 Times in 7,061 Posts	I support all three of you. If cost is no object — acquire the Inrekor Speedster. One off so it's collectable, 300kg less weight than stock, good foundation for a pure EV. All it needs is a top made of basalt fiber. https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/31-january-2011/inrekor-unveils-flat-pack-production-process/ http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/so-why-do-you-think-there-no-cheap-32312-5.html#post487108 Edit: Oh, yeah, the basalt soft top. http://basalt.guru/basalt-fabric-with-a-touch-of-glass/ This is regular basalt twill with a nano-glass coating. Fireproof, knife-proof and electrically insulative. Actually, the glass sizing is so you can embed it in resin without it turning a blotchy blue-black. So you could do the whole Speedster body in basalt. That thick it would be bullet-proof as well; it's like Kevlar. And you could have a hypercar raw-fiber finish in a nice copper-brown. Last edited by freebeard; 01-31-2017 at 08:39 PM..