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Originally Posted by switchlanez
I'd put money on the LFA strut tower bar and 86 TRD strut tower bar having been weaved from the same in-house loom. Maybe the very loom Toyota over-invested in making (only 2 such looms exist in the world; the other probably contracted by companies such as Ferrari, etc.). The CF weave pattern and shaft size look virtually identical from what I see in the pictures. Can't get more "direct" than that, if true.
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It looks like a pretty common twill weave to me. There's only so many ways to weave carbon tows into tubes. It also depends on how many of those machines they built. There's no way they're making all of these on one machine if it's the only one.
STi has been doing carbon braces for years as has been pointed out. FHI does have an aerospace division and carbon has been a huge force in aerospace for many years now.
In other news, I really want that steering wheel.
Nathan