F150 aluminum & resulting MPG
Much lighter F150 Some "experts" predict 30mpg. Sounds wildly optimistic to me but what do you guys think? Can shaving 750lb result in that dramatic an increase? Will that 750lb loss resul...
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Powerdude wrote:
Why bother with something as expensive as aluminum?
Ford should use duroplast, which is what they used in the East German Trabant.
Duroplast
Won't corrode, can be stamped, and when you want to dispose of it, feed it to pigs or shred it and put it in concrete mixes.
Low weight too.
Gotta love this material. This would make great stuff for RVs. Unless, of course, it caught on fire, was attacked by pigs or got the wrong bacteria on it. :B
hone eagle wrote:Powerdude wrote:
Why bother with something as expensive as aluminum?
Ford should use duroplast, which is what they used in the East German Trabant.
Duroplast
Won't corrode, can be stamped, and when you want to dispose of it, feed it to pigs or shred it and put it in concrete mixes.
Low weight too.
Ford will go you one better
cellulose fiber
bio degradable , if you get stranded you can eat your centre console
From steel sheeted wood subframe beginnings back to wood fiber again. Bring back the Woody! Well, wood is as strong as steel per weight, when properly used. :B
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