Posted Driver's Side Mount Fab Page

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry)]

Kirsten,
  If you can weld SS, you won't have that much trouble with titanium.  The
basic skills are the same and the ti only requires more care in protecting
the joint from atmosphere.  Come to think of it, that may not be that much
of an issue in fabricating parts for automotive use.  (I've seen the welds
on the titanium Corvette Z06 exhausts and they would not begin to pass an
aerospace critique.)
  I've been welding and machining titanium for many, many years and find it
is a MOST enjoyable material to work with.  One note: do not try to use
Grade 2 ti for structural parts.  This is more commonly known in the
industry as CP or Commercially Pure and is far too ductile to use where real
loads are encountered.  It is used for medical applications and in other
highly-corrosive environments that do not have high stresses.  If you want
to make stuff useful to us, use 6Al-4V... sometimes called Grade 5.  This
alloy is far stronger and just as easy to work with.
Larry
sandiego16v


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirsten Jensen" <kirsten@funksoulkitty.org>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>; "scirocco list"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "Chris" <vze28h54@verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: Posted Driver's Side Mount Fab Page


> << snip  >>
>
> >If we'd had access to production tools it would have looked somewhat
> >different, but the basic form
> >would be the same.
> >As far as material the choices come down to aluminum, steel or stainless
> >steel. (I can't weld
> >titanium ;^)
>
> he he he he he he he.  Actually....I DID just start carrying Titanium
> (grade 2 and others) sheet at work......and Shocky WAS saying to me
> something about how AWESOME it would look....and something about making
all
> the other Sciroccos jealous....I dunno....
>
> >Maybe steel doesn't give us bragging rights compared to stainless, but
> >it's just fine for this
> >application.
> >Needless to say the exhaust downpipe will be stainless, so when we get
> >done with that you'll get to
> >see if we (Kirsten's welding skills should be coming up to speed by then)
>
> LOL Dan!!   : )   he he he...yes they should be.....Shocky is going to be
> VERY happy with the downpipe...in fact...he was telling me that you have
> been booted from the project on this one, and he wants ME to take over
> entirely......     : )
>
> << snip >>
>
> >Thanks. It was a lot of work, we're happy with the results and Kirsten
has
> >done an awesome job
> >documenting the mount fabrication.
>
> Thanks, Dan!
>
> Kirsten