Mikelly Posted March 4, 2001 Share Posted March 4, 2001 Well I took Chris' and Mike/SCCA's advice and went and bought some 75/25 gas, some .030 wire and tips and I had my regulator checked while I was at it... The bottle was empty for all of my tach welds... And the regulator was way out and both gages were shot. I got a new regulator and gages! I laid some passes this morning on some doorbar footers and OH what a difference! I advised Jim (BLKMGK) to either bring his struts back to me for some additional passes, or have them check by someone, as I believe I ran out of gas during welding his coil over collars. Man am I glad I swapped over to the thicker wire and had that regulator checked. Plans are to have all the cage and floor pans done by the end of next weekend! Mike ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/dat74z/myhomepage/auto.html "I will not be a spectator in the sport of life!" mjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted March 5, 2001 Share Posted March 5, 2001 what kind of welder you got?just got a new thermal arc 180 amp viking model-welds real good but you have to be carefull on thin metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 5, 2001 Author Share Posted March 5, 2001 I'm running a Lincoln SP125. I really like how this thing is feeding. I got both door bars in, and a 40 degree 24 inch brace running from the rear main hoop to the door bar on the drivers side put in yesterday afternoon. I'll do the other 40 degree brace in tonight and start on the footers. I plan to draw out the outline of the cage and post it on my site later. My door bars ride about 3 inches above the rocker and are 1 5/8th diameter .134 thick. They tie into the wheel well with a 1/4 inch backing plate. They then tie into the three 1/8 inch footers that run from the ouside of the boxed frame rail to the rocker using tubing of the same diameter. I'll have three footers per door bar/ front hoop. I'm also tieing in the dash brace to the firewall at either side of the console. that tubing bender is a godsend! I was able to contour the door bar slightly at the right angles. My goal is to be done with welding by the end of the coming weekend. Mike ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/dat74z/myhomepage/auto.html "I will not be a spectator in the sport of life!" mjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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