Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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So we're just talking here,right??.So Dave you are going to set down and Tig weld this CM frame which atleast doubles the amount of time to build and is less accepting for use on the street over a MS frame.Right??.

Originally Posted by 1gary

So we're just talking here,right??.So Dave you are going to set down and Tig weld this CM frame which atleast doubles the amount of time to build and is less accepting for use on the street over a MS frame.Right??.

What do you mean by "...less accepting"? Just curious.

Originally Posted by rspears

What do you mean by "...less accepting"? Just curious.

I was kind of wondering about that myself Roger---less accepting- like the car body will reject moly tubing or what????

It takes a bit more time to fit the joints tight enough for tig welding, but I do that on DOM tubing and it gets migged most of the time....

It's been my experience that the extra time spent welding with a tig is negated by the increase in strength and reduction in weight gained by using moly... My original criteria for this car once the plan changed from building a gasser is to have 2500 lbs or less weight and 500 hp/torque at the wheels when it's ready to cruise. I'm not going to get that done cutting corners or pinching pennies....