Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Dammit
Ok, bit beyond my pay-grade from a technical stand point here, how does this sound as a process:
- Design intake plenum and runners in CAD package
- Test design using CFD program of choice
- Create CNC file that then
- Machines shape of plenum+runners out of foam
- Wrap foam in carbon fibre cloth
- Vac-bag it, infuse resin
- Dissolve foam
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mcmyk in reply to @Dammit

Yep, that's one way of doing it.

I have made an airbox in a similar way before using acetone to dissolve a styrofoam core. I covered the foam in parcel tape to stop the resin dissolving the foam during layup, then peeled what was left of that out of the part.

Happy to help with CAD and design, know a few places that will CNC foam too

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