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Would it not be cool to see the power working .Most modern cars cover eventhing in plastic guards .
Manufacture see through fenders and bonnet and have the block
a clear material to show off lubrication / water cycles and of course the constant flash of the cyclinders .
There are many 3D representations
and the odd advert but
I have seen no actualisations in reality yet .
Surely there is a material up to the job .
Maybe the cost is prohibitive .
The car would certainly get some looks travelling through town .
(?) See through bonnet
http://images.googl...S:official%26sa%3DN
this part of it is baked. [BJS, Oct 31 2007]
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Transparent aluminium might be up to it,
but it's a bugger to machine and it
contracts too much to cast nicely. I guess
you could sinter it, but that leaves you
with a frosted surface. It was used for the
exhaust manifolds of some of the old
Heaton-Wibbley motorcycles, but it never
really caught on. |
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I suspect the name 'Heaton-Wibbley' was the main reason that it didn't catch on. |
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I don't mind some gentle Heaton-Wibbley. But I also hope it doesn't catch on anything. |
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