kwoo510 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I need you guys input on this. I am trying to modify the crossmember, so I can have more room for other stuff in the engine compartment. The yellow arrow area concerns me; the lower arm/ torsion bar pivot point carry alot of weight, rotation force? Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 The general engineering rule is to replace the volume of material removed with 150% of added mass. Looks like you need to add gussets, "L" shaped material" covering the steel you didn't cut and the material you are going to add on. Two "L"s, one on either side, should do the trick. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I agree with MikeRL, and would just like to add when it has anything to do with suspension overkill is never a bad idea :D Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Sam L. Clemons is a member now? Quote Link to comment
kwoo510 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 The general engineering rule is to replace the volume of material removed with 150% of added mass. Looks like you need to add gussets, "L" shaped material" covering the steel you didn't cut and the material you are going to add on. Two "L"s, one on either side, should do the trick. Let me see if I understand this. Let's say I remove 1 cubic inch of metal, I need to add 1.5 cubic inch back? Quote Link to comment
kwoo510 Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Sam L. Clemons is a member now? Who is Sam L. Clemons? Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 If there wasn't anything to find out(or fabricate), it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just as interesting as trying to find out and finding out; and I don't know but more so. Mark Twain is Samuel Clemons I might be wrong Anyway back on topic, that looks like too much metal to cut away, make shure you have a good jig Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain > is his pen name Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. sorry I got carried away. back to het original topic I agree w/ mark, ice & indy Quote Link to comment
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