Advice on engine frame please!
#21 Re: Advice on engine frame please!
Welded or brazed?
Randall Botha
'64 3.8 fhc & '51 Mk 7 (now sold), previously 3.8 S-type x2, 2.4 Mk 1, XJ6 S1.
'64 3.8 fhc & '51 Mk 7 (now sold), previously 3.8 S-type x2, 2.4 Mk 1, XJ6 S1.
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#22 Re: Advice on engine frame please!
Original frames are Renold 531....plenty of info online re how to join it.......but note existing frames are 50 plus years old and brazed so serious inspection for internal corrosion needed.......Steve
Steve
69 S2 2+2 (sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
69 S2 2+2 (sold) ..Realm C type replica, 1960 xk150fhc
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#23 Re: Advice on engine frame please!
Reynolds 531 is high tensile steel tubing. You weld it, you weaken it and potentially ruin the structural integrity of the car.
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand this and weld it anyway.
At least I know that my engine frames are correct. I wonder how many others can say the same.
Regards
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand this and weld it anyway.
At least I know that my engine frames are correct. I wonder how many others can say the same.
Regards
Stuart
If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
'62 FHC - Nearing completion
'69 Daimler 420 Sovereign
'93 Jaguar X300 XJR basket case
'93 Audi 80 quatrro Sport
If you can't make it work, make it complicated!
'62 FHC - Nearing completion
'69 Daimler 420 Sovereign
'93 Jaguar X300 XJR basket case
'93 Audi 80 quatrro Sport
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