pholmann said:
pholmann said:I buy the solid stock I need off of eBay and have them machined. But my dads a machinist so......
zukimaster said:What's really the purpose for running alum links? Is it the weight, strength, or the bling? Just seems like double or triple the cost of what a 2" 2.50 dom link would cost to build.
zukimaster said:What's really the purpose for running alum links? Is it the weight, strength, or the bling? Just seems like double or triple the cost of what a 2" 2.50 dom link would cost to build.
patooyee said:What dia. are the guys who run 7/8 and 3/4 joints running?
patooyee said:From the research I've done a solid aluminum link will actually weigh as much or more than the same dia. .375 wall steel. (I don't use .25" wall on anything, it bends too easy IMO.) But the 7075-T6 material has better memory and will return back to "more straight" more times than steel. HOWEVER, a heat-treated Chromo .25" wall link will be stronger than .375" DOM, be lighter than either aluminum or thicker wall DOM, and have as good if not better memory than the aluminum. These are all very general statements.
And since I brought that up, who besides Heretic Fab is in the chromo business?
kboring said:Would a chromoly link have to be heat treated after welding?
dieseljeeper said:http://www.industrialmetalsales.com/2-1-4-Thru-4_c111.htm cheapest place I have found and shipping was quick
kmcminn said:I have read stories on pirate of people running .120 wall chromolly uppers.