I installed my home made Subframe connecters.

jrichker · Feb 9, 2008

From my days as an aircraft mechanic...
Welded tube structures should be welded closed and a small amount of paralketone squirted inside the tube via a small hole drilled in the highest part of the tube. Once the paralketone is in place, the hole should be plugged with a screw, or rivet and some sealer. This keeps thew tubing from rusting inside.

5.0Droptop · Feb 9, 2008

jrichker said:
From my days as an aircraft mechanic...
Welded tube structures should be welded closed and a small amount of paralketone squirted inside the tube via a small hole drilled in the highest part of the tube. Once the paralketone is in place, the hole should be plugged with a screw, or rivet and some sealer. This keeps thew tubing from rusing inside.

I dont know what paralketone is. LOL

Im happy with the way it turned out. I am going to be installing a off road h pipe soon. I will probably wd40 inside the tubes real good and put some plastic caps in like mentioned before.

Honestly though, every set I have ever had, even my kenney brown matrix kit was not capped.

iwashmycar · Feb 9, 2008

those look great! wish i could weld.... id feel uncomfortable taking some 'scrap' tubing to a shop to weld on.

jrichker · Feb 9, 2008

5.0Droptop said:
I dont know what paralketone is. LOL

Im happy with the way it turned out. I am going to be installing a off road h pipe soon. I will probably wd40 inside the tubes real good and put some plastic caps in like mentioned before.

Honestly though, every set I have ever had, even my kenney brown matrix kit was not capped.

Linseed oil is the alternative to paralketone. Lit is available at some of the paint stores.

5.0Droptop · Feb 9, 2008

iwashmycar said:
those look great! wish i could weld.... id feel uncomfortable taking some 'scrap' tubing to a shop to weld on.

Thanks.

If you want to come over to Indiana sometime I can hook you up.
Your only a couple hrs away. I got a tractor supply down the road and a mig welder in teh garage.

iwashmycar · Feb 9, 2008

5.0Droptop said:
Thanks.

If you want to come over to Indiana sometime I can hook you up.
Your only a couple hrs away. I got a tractor supply down the road and a mig welder in teh garage.

well i appreciate the offer..

mayby come summer or something.. your 3.5 hrs from columbus or so, but like 6 from where im at grad school

allballsmustang · Feb 9, 2008

they came out real nice...they look alot like mine but they dont have the seat cross bar...any plans to fab up one of those? i think you could use a piece of 1" angle iron...mine were prefabbed so i just welded em in...

jim

5.0Droptop · Feb 9, 2008

allballsmustang said:
they came out real nice...they look alot like mine but they dont have the seat cross bar...any plans to fab up one of those? i think you could use a piece of 1" angle iron...mine were prefabbed so i just welded em in...

jim

I thought about it. jrichker had posted a link to drawings for the connectors and the bracket. I decided to just do the connectors.

Aryan15 · Feb 10, 2008

How thick is the material you used?

5.0Droptop · Feb 10, 2008

Aryan15 said:
How thick is the material you used?

I dont remember the exact gauge. Its thicker than the subrame its self. I couldnt bend or flex it at all. Its less than 1/8" wall. Its real similar to what the other sfc I have had.

MikeC · Feb 10, 2008

Looks good. Nothing like making it yourself. I would suggest a few things though. Maybe add a second 1"x1" box on the inside to make them larger. MM connectors are 1.5" x 2", a single 1"x1" seems a little small. Close the ends off or they will rust out from inside and add an angle bracket to the seat mounts.

5.0Droptop · Feb 10, 2008

Thanks for the suggestions. I will have the car on a lift later on to do H pipe. Ill look at things closer then and make any adjustments needed.

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