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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
when I compare overbuilt alum to over built steel, steel wins for me tho
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Come on man I Know you know better than that...
Aluminum is an Element, and is almost never used un-alloyed,
Steel is a name used to describe Alloys with an Iron base material, hardly seems a fair comparison...
I could show you "steel" with horrible FTY and FTU numbers and some very trick "aluminum" with outstanding FTY and FTU numbers, It's all in the alloy, Motorsports seems to get obsessed with some of the more common alloys due to cost, customer familiarity, and availability. But there are catalogs full of materials that fall into the general catagories of "steel" and "aluminum"
Hancha is doing some pretty smart design work allowing the engineering behind these materials to let him take his designs to another level. Something very common in Aerospace, glad to see it getting brought to the street...yo!