Hi Fellas,

Been a while since I posted. I am in semi-retirement from racing until funds catch up. I have a question for all you manufacturers(BMI, Darkside, Slapmaster, OD12, etc.). I saw a while back that someone had developed a "U" bar car? I am interested in doing my own chassis and car, was wondering if it is possible to go another step, like using a piece of spring steel as a u bar and running the batts down the middle, like Darkside's car. Where would a good place be to start as far as thickness of spring steel to use? I would want something comparable to .075" thick fiberglass( traditional t-bar). I would want to make a true carbon fiber chassis like the BMI car, the opposing 45 degree weaves bonded to each other sounds really strong and stiff, wondering about how thick I need to make a chassis, I know my old Trinity car( model before the black widow) was Iam guessing .125" and the Associated and CRC cars are thinner. I also know that a stiff chassis works better than a flexible one, as the suspension should be the only thing moving(right?) It would probably be cheaper to just buy that u bar car that I saw, but can't remember who makes it, I am also tore, because all of your guys' cars have something I want, and they all probably rock!