steering rack

[momo]

hi guys...
i just register into this forum..
hope you guys welcome me http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

erm....
i would like to ask about steering rack...
i tried to a few website related steering rack..
but i cant find any steering rack that made from carbon fiber...
so can you guys help me to give few link that might be use full for me because I'm trying to get as light as possible.

many thanks guys...

btw I'm from united kingdom..
thanks

[momo]

hi guys...
i just register into this forum..
hope you guys welcome me http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

erm....
i would like to ask about steering rack...
i tried to a few website related steering rack..
but i cant find any steering rack that made from carbon fiber...
so can you guys help me to give few link that might be use full for me because I'm trying to get as light as possible.

many thanks guys...

btw I'm from united kingdom..
thanks

[TimR]

Do you mean the rack itself? I doubt carbon fibre would work well at all as a gear. Perhaps theres better places to look at saving weight. Maybe the housings can be carbon fibre, but ours are aluminium and aren't that heavy. You could use CF rods to save a bit of weight there but I wouldn't take weight off the steering system- any stiffness lost will have a major impact on the driver feedback. also you really don't want steering to fail.