Having too much time on my hands due to some health (sciatic nerve) issues, I been doing a lot of searching the web and trying to bone up on things that I want to do after my back surgery.
One of the things that I have been reading a lot about is that one of the biggest horrors (and it appears to be justifiably so) connected with boxing a frame, is the possibility/probability of warping the frame due to uneven heating during the welding of the plates to the frame.
Has anyone tried or even considered riveting the plates to the frame rather than welding them. Say, making 10 or 12 ga. steel plates and attaching them with 1/8" diameter steel rivets spaced at appropriate intervals?
The frame in question is a G body frame to be used with a 400 SBC, a 700-R4 transmission, a 7.5" 10 bolt posi rearend under a '53 Corvette replica fiberglass body. NO DRAG RACING. just a cruising corner carver. Of course, the frame and suspension will be upgrade with other off-the-shelf braces, sway bars, shocks, bushings, springs, etc.
Thoughts/Comments/Opinions/Rants?????
Thanx,
Tom
One of the things that I have been reading a lot about is that one of the biggest horrors (and it appears to be justifiably so) connected with boxing a frame, is the possibility/probability of warping the frame due to uneven heating during the welding of the plates to the frame.
Has anyone tried or even considered riveting the plates to the frame rather than welding them. Say, making 10 or 12 ga. steel plates and attaching them with 1/8" diameter steel rivets spaced at appropriate intervals?
The frame in question is a G body frame to be used with a 400 SBC, a 700-R4 transmission, a 7.5" 10 bolt posi rearend under a '53 Corvette replica fiberglass body. NO DRAG RACING. just a cruising corner carver. Of course, the frame and suspension will be upgrade with other off-the-shelf braces, sway bars, shocks, bushings, springs, etc.
Thoughts/Comments/Opinions/Rants?????
Thanx,
Tom