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Originally Posted by Walt Fricke
I see you also reinforced the vertical seam where the cross member meets the longitudinals. I've had to weld up that area (and on the other front side also) a couple of times on my SC track car, due to cracks, and that's on a torsion bar car. Wish I could weld as well as you, though.
Do the raised edge punched holes contribute significant strength, like maybe reducing the slenderness ratio or something?
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Wow, congrats on driving the car hard enough to crack the seam even without coilovers!
I doubt the dimpled holes provide any strength in this case. They are mostly there for style points. Notice that I didn't drill the plate behind it because I thought the holes weakened the gusset. One benefit of the holes is I can shoot epoxy primer in that hollow cavity to prevent rust!
Thanks for the welding compliment.
