Dave, good advice, as a welder I agree. I would take off all the bodywork and take pictures of everything, every assembly to make sure it goes back the same way. Find a powder coater in your area that will do the car when finished, have him sand blast the chassis for you. Put the sandblasted chassis up on some horses and like Dave said inspect every inch with a good light light and a magnifying glass. Get a blue or red sharpie and mark every questionable point. Nobody will ever inspect your car as well as you will. Again as Dave said, gusset every pickup point on the car, ie, the control arm mounting points, rear radius rod and panard points, shock mounting points. You can mig or tig it as long as it's not chrome moly, then it's gas or tig only. Any good welder should be able to do he job, but either a guy that does racecar or aircraft repairs wold be the best, sheet metal welders would be next on the list... When you're happy with the welds, send it back to the powder coater to finish it up.. I'm in the middle of that myself right now, so I know where you're at. I'm going to Krylon the chassis because I know there'll be changes, but when I'm happy with it, I'll do the same and have it blasted, inspect it, then send it back to get powder coated. Good Luck!!!! CR
Dave Phaneuf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Get all the paint off it and literally go over it with good lighting and a magnifying glass. The dye kits work ok on smooth surfaces, the problem with them is around a weld that may not have had the "toes" of it flowed in well. Those areas will look like cracks. Any Red Devil I have seen was originally mig welded and a lot of those welds look a little on the cold side with kinda rope like beads( mig welds don't have to be like that). The dye kits I have used were worthless on those. Gussets are your friends Dave Phaneuf --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
