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Old 22 Jun 2010, 08:46 (Ref:2716205)   #923
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There are a couple of questions I have after reading this thread:

How do the manufacturers arrive at $300k for a tub?
I have quite a lot of experience laying carbon and glass and boats seem to be a lot bigger and way cheaper!

Given a spec the tubs could just be farmed out?
Would it not be possible for IRL to start manufacturing their own tubs as a series?

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I still can't understand why Carbon fibre laying it is so expensive!
What is the total cost of the carbon fiber and epoxy in a tub?
Total weight 50Kg?
wnut, there is a misundersting on terms: those 300 k $ are related to the chassis intended as the whole car, not the sole tub who's bound to cost much less as you correctly point out
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