Frame Modification?

[trah]

your not using a tig welder so use argon/co2 mix. 80/20 better when your welding with a wire feeder...

[Karl]

the piece that was cut out is the radiator support, not the frame, they often need to be replaced after a front end colision. It has nothing to do with the cars handeling, you will not feel a difference.

[WilliamW]

From what I understand argon / co2 mix burns hotter than the argon mix I have. I don't remember off the top of my head what it is.

And i doubt that that front cross section doesn't see ANY stress. I never said I was doing this for handling. "making everything work with the maximum amount of room for goodies" My previous bar was cut into and weak. I simply replaced it with a stronger piece and leaving copious amounts of room for an intercooler, piping, and anything else (oil cooler perhaps) I may want to hide in there. But it IS good to point out for those who think it may change the way the car handles significantly. I think the effects of the ESP traction bar and front upper 3 point strut bar would far outweigh any feelings that this modification would give, if any like you said.

And I'm not sure what you would call what I welded the plates to. I'll have to do some "paint" work and make up a diagram. I like to call it my "shit cad" instead of "auto cad" system. lol.

[steelbluesleepR]

From what I understand argon / co2 mix burns hotter than the argon mix I have. I don't remember off the top of my head what it is.

And i doubt that that front cross section doesn't see ANY stress. I never said I was doing this for handling. "making everything work with the maximum amount of room for goodies" My previous bar was cut into and weak. I simply replaced it with a stronger piece and leaving copious amounts of room for an intercooler, piping, and anything else (oil cooler perhaps) I may want to hide in there. But it IS good to point out for those who think it may change the way the car handles significantly. I think the effects of the ESP traction bar and front upper 3 point strut bar would far outweigh any feelings that this modification would give, if any like you said.

And I'm not sure what you would call what I welded the plates to. I'll have to do some "paint" work and make up a diagram. I like to call it my "shit cad" instead of "auto cad" system. lol.

Argon and Co2 do not burn, they are just sheilding gasses to keep your pool of melted metal from oxidizing (rusting) while you weld.

[WilliamW]

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/welding-gas.htm

there are differences between argon/co2 mix and straight co2 but reading up on it, I think i remember why I have the argon/co2 mixture. Plus the whole bottle was free via industrial workers that came to my work to install a new repair line conveyor system. When they were done they left it. One was 80/20 and one was 90/10. We swapped the 90/10 cylinder out at PraxAir for straight CO2 for our beer taps in the basement