Welding Unibody Seams?

Dwight Southerland · 01-03-2012, 10:25 AM

Tom -
I appreciate your in-depth knowledge and analysis concerning this topic. While your rationale is inviting and attractive, real world experience will prove that welding the seams in a unibody car will make the car more rigid and reduce flex. You can increase strength significantly with a well -designed cage so that the unibody factor is reduced, but under current Stock Eliminator restrictions for cage construction, the stitched up seams will be a benefit. I agree with your comment about tig welding as a preferred method.

01-03-2012, 10:25 AM	#8
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 1,986 Likes: 55 Liked 731 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Welding Unibody Seams? Tom - I appreciate your in-depth knowledge and analysis concerning this topic. While your rationale is inviting and attractive, real world experience will prove that welding the seams in a unibody car will make the car more rigid and reduce flex. You can increase strength significantly with a well -designed cage so that the unibody factor is reduced, but under current Stock Eliminator restrictions for cage construction, the stitched up seams will be a benefit. I agree with your comment about tig welding as a preferred method.