V 8 neon.........

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:00 am

metal_gear_jon wrote:
2drSRT4 wrote:You have to have a good welder...
Aparently robots are not good anymore since alot of new cars are being panel bonded, with only a few spot welds in between. You cannot weld on this thinner HSLA steel like you can on the old crap. All you do end up doing is burning through, warping it, or not penetrating enough.

Plus it's cheaper and produces a stronger product than spot welds alone. The sheet metal will tear around the glue before it will give.

Are we talking about neons?

08kgraves · Post by **08kgraves** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:20 am

idk anymore to be honest lol. and i think i have decided that i want to do an srt-4 swap over the v8

Ianguilly · Post by **Ianguilly** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:00 am

2drSRT4 wrote:
metal_gear_jon wrote:
2drSRT4 wrote:You have to have a good welder...
Aparently robots are not good anymore since alot of new cars are being panel bonded, with only a few spot welds in between. You cannot weld on this thinner HSLA steel like you can on the old crap. All you do end up doing is burning through, warping it, or not penetrating enough.

Plus it's cheaper and produces a stronger product than spot welds alone. The sheet metal will tear around the glue before it will give.
Are we talking about neons?

Yes, neon metal is like 18 G ( thats thin shit)

metal_gear_jon · Post by **metal_gear_jon** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 4:42 pm

2drSRT4 wrote:
metal_gear_jon wrote:
2drSRT4 wrote:You have to have a good welder...
Aparently robots are not good anymore since alot of new cars are being panel bonded, with only a few spot welds in between. You cannot weld on this thinner HSLA steel like you can on the old crap. All you do end up doing is burning through, warping it, or not penetrating enough.

Plus it's cheaper and produces a stronger product than spot welds alone. The sheet metal will tear around the glue before it will give.
Are we talking about neons?

Thought it was unicorns.......

But we sure as hell are not talking about anything near a engine swap with two pages dedicated to body work!!

2drSRT4 · Post by **2drSRT4** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:00 am

metal_gear_jon wrote:
2drSRT4 wrote:
metal_gear_jon wrote:
2drSRT4 wrote:You have to have a good welder...
Aparently robots are not good anymore since alot of new cars are being panel bonded, with only a few spot welds in between. You cannot weld on this thinner HSLA steel like you can on the old crap. All you do end up doing is burning through, warping it, or not penetrating enough.

Plus it's cheaper and produces a stronger product than spot welds alone. The sheet metal will tear around the glue before it will give.
Are we talking about neons?
Thought it was unicorns.......

But we sure as hell are not talking about anything near a engine swap with two pages dedicated to body work!!

Thanks for clearing that up. 18 ga is definitely thin, didn't know the neon used 18 ga for the body panels though =/ makes me sad now. Ah well, it's super light! =)