has you ever seen one before?

so a 4000 hp top fuel dragster frame is made of chrome molly and you dont think it would be streetable? thats crazy.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by pimptruckman92Edited: 6/28/2009 1:21:24 AM by pimptruckman92stainless would be sweet but it is a bitch to work with in every category, except the tig--------------------------------------------- not really you could use a spool gun on a mig an it would be bout the same an prolly faster an just as good. tigs hard 2 do if you dont know what you doing. sum weldind supply store might even have a stainless rod for the stick. i dont know if ive ever seen one but i weld heavy an mild steel lol. i do know they have aluminum an cast rods dont see why they wouldnt have stainless rods.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by mmh2006not really you could use a spool gun on a mig an it would be bout the same an prolly faster an just as good. tigs hard 2 do if you dont know what you doing. sum weldind supply store might even have a stainless rod for the stick. i dont know if ive ever seen one but i weld heavy an mild steel lol. i do know they have aluminum an cast rods dont see why they wouldnt have stainless rods. ---------------------------------------------yes that is true, as I said in my post. BUT a stainless mig or stick weld will be more brittle and not as visually appealing as a tig. and for stainless wire you would not have to use a spool gun, but you would have to run straight argon gas

Edited: 6/28/2009 7:15:24 PM by mmh2006

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by dragnblazer---------------------------------------------Originally posted by mmh2006not really you could use a spool gun on a mig an it would be bout the same an prolly faster an just as good. tigs hard 2 do if you dont know what you doing. sum weldind supply store might even have a stainless rod for the stick. i dont know if ive ever seen one but i weld heavy an mild steel lol. i do know they have aluminum an cast rods dont see why they wouldnt have stainless rods. ---------------------------------------------yes that is true, as I said in my post. BUT a stainless mig or stick weld will be more brittle and not as visually appealing as a tig. and for stainless wire you would not have to use a spool gun, but you would have to run straight argon gas--------------------------------------------- ya ill agree with u tig does make a pretty weld. ive never welded stainless. ya i know u hlaf 2 have 100% pure argon cuz it runs cold an u half 2 use that for aluminum 2.  I wish i wouldve have more of a chance 2 weld stainless an aluminum in school.     http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/welding-stainless-steel.html     theres sum info on all three types of welding an info just welding stainless. didnt read most of it but seems he has alot of info on stainless

actually let me correct myself on that. the straight argon is for aluminum. stainless uses 75/25 argon/co2 mix depending on the grade. tigging stainless is just like tigging mild steel, and a hell of a lot easier than aluminum. it just flows out so much better and is much more of a controlled arc. one day I plan on making an air tank out of stainless everything I do gets pressure tested,  so I know I shouldn't have a problem with leaking. I just need to find a reason to build a tank lol

well what i was refering to with it being streetable is that roads (around here anyway) are a hell of lot rougher and more pot holes and bumps than what on a straightline 1/4 mile track. has anyone seen a chrome-moly tube chassis on a mini truck?

i dont know anything about making a stainless frame but ive tigged stainless stuff before lol. exhaust pipes and ive made 2 fuel cells for 2 hot rods at work. I love welding it, like eric said, a hell of a lot easier than aluminum. i wouldnt do a frame out of it just because of how much of a bitch it is to work with, grinding isnt all that bad but drilling, it SUCKS! if you wanted a shiney frame, couldnt you build one and have it bolt together somehow and have it chromed??? thats what Jesse Greening  (Greening auto company) did for Steve Traceys (Advanced Plating) Chromezilla 32 ford...

also about chromolly, not to be an ass but the top fuel and funny cars are around 8000 hp, not 4000 lol. but we are building a 57 chevy at the shop thats got a fully chromolly tube chassis under it, i dont know all the properties and chassis shit but this thing looks and feels pretty damn rigid, i guess time will tell if we have any problems out of it, and its also a pro-touring type car thats gonna get some major abuse on the track and street

Here is the build page I made for it back when Gumby had it http://wcpconline.com/2005taco/SIAC.htm Sean at http://www.seriouslyinsaneautoconcepts.com/ did all the suspension, framework and built the hood.    He's on here somewhere.    

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by mmh2006---------------------------------------------Originally posted by pimptruckman92Edited: 6/28/2009 1:21:24 AM by pimptruckman92stainless would be sweet but it is a bitch to work with in every category, except the tig---------------------------------------------not really you could use a spool gun on a mig an it would be bout the same an prolly faster an just as good. tigs hard 2 do if you dont know what you doing. sum weldind supply store might even have a stainless rod for the stick. i dont know if ive ever seen one but i weld heavy an mild steel lol. i do know they have aluminum an cast rods dont see why they wouldnt have stainless rods. ---------------------------------------------They do make a stainless steel rod. 308 stainless rod is for welding stainless steel to stainless steel. Mild steel and stainless steel can be welded together using a 309 rod. The weld puddle is a lot different when welding stainless compared to using like a 7018 or 6010 rod on mild steel. You can also get 308 or 309 welding wire for a mig gun using a 75/25 or 100% argon mixture.