Many of you have heard about Hyperco’s Carbon Composite Bellows Springs (CCBS) over the past couple of years. We are now offering kits for P1 class cars.
What have we been doing for the last 2 years? Good question. When the program started, with Chris Farrell being the first test car, the pieces were being built essentially “by hand” at the Hyperco facility. As a spring company stepping into the composites world for the first time there was admittedly a steep learning curve. Since that time, we have refined the design and invested in updated manufacturing equipment and processes. The current parts may look the same as any you’ve seen prior to 2014 but they are quite different.
I invite you to take a look at the files below that contain more technical information on the CCBS product and the kits specific to P1, including pricing. You will notice that the flyer only lists kits for the Stohr and Speads chassis. This is just a starting point as we have built springs for these cars already. To expand this range would require a little bit of information regarding spring fitment, rates, and deflection/loads of your car.
Files:
SCCA P1 Kit Flyer
Motorsports Flyer
Technical Brochure
To view a side-by-side video comparison of a CCBS and traditional coil spring go to http://ift.tt/RFrNWY
A few quick notes to give you an overview of the CCBS concept.
- CCBS is a system of carbon fiber elements that, when stacked together, form a functional compression spring designed to replace standard coil springs.
- The spring rate is tunable by varying the number of elements used, the base rate of the individual elements, and the orientation with which they are stacked.
- A CCBS kit includes enough elements to build the prescribed number of springs of the listed range of rates with most, but not necessarily all, of the elements in use for any given rate. Rates outside the designed range are possible and can be tuned with the help of the Stack Builder program available in excel format.
- Weight savings versus a traditional steel spring of about 60% are possible.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you for taking the time to read about CCBS.
Greg Hazard
ghazard@mw-ind.com
What have we been doing for the last 2 years? Good question. When the program started, with Chris Farrell being the first test car, the pieces were being built essentially “by hand” at the Hyperco facility. As a spring company stepping into the composites world for the first time there was admittedly a steep learning curve. Since that time, we have refined the design and invested in updated manufacturing equipment and processes. The current parts may look the same as any you’ve seen prior to 2014 but they are quite different.
I invite you to take a look at the files below that contain more technical information on the CCBS product and the kits specific to P1, including pricing. You will notice that the flyer only lists kits for the Stohr and Speads chassis. This is just a starting point as we have built springs for these cars already. To expand this range would require a little bit of information regarding spring fitment, rates, and deflection/loads of your car.
Files:
SCCA P1 Kit Flyer
Motorsports Flyer
Technical Brochure
To view a side-by-side video comparison of a CCBS and traditional coil spring go to http://ift.tt/RFrNWY
A few quick notes to give you an overview of the CCBS concept.
- CCBS is a system of carbon fiber elements that, when stacked together, form a functional compression spring designed to replace standard coil springs.
- The spring rate is tunable by varying the number of elements used, the base rate of the individual elements, and the orientation with which they are stacked.
- A CCBS kit includes enough elements to build the prescribed number of springs of the listed range of rates with most, but not necessarily all, of the elements in use for any given rate. Rates outside the designed range are possible and can be tuned with the help of the Stack Builder program available in excel format.
- Weight savings versus a traditional steel spring of about 60% are possible.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you for taking the time to read about CCBS.
Greg Hazard
ghazard@mw-ind.com
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