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Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65
Sorry for the lack of response guys - I haven't even been checking this thread lately, so I didn't catch the activity.
I already purchased 200 feet of 1020 1.5 DOM tubing. Then I was reading a couple chassis books and they all recommend 4130 for all stressed brackets. My concern was if it was necessary to use 4130 brackets and what mess I might get into mixing both types when I final weld. I'm not worried about weight as it won't be a full time racer - but I might take it to the track a couple times to see what it will do. My opinion was: do all mild steel - or go all 4130.
Interesting timing as I'm off to the water jet shop tomorrow to get the brackets going.
Also, don't know if it's a bad thing, but due to an ordering error the vendor gave me .250 wall instead of .125 as listed. I didn't catch it until they cut the 24's into 12's so I could get it on my trailer. The crabby dock guy didn't care when I brought it up.....
Thanks for all the guidance - much appreciated !
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return the .250. It will be to heavy. I would get that figured out right away.
its ok to run 4130 tabs on a DOM chassis. It will be just fine if you are going to mig weld it.
Jason