[Land-speed] Another chrome-moly rant??

[Ed Weldon]

Chrome-moly for chassis construction scares the BG's out of me.  Way too
many variables for any kind of cutting edge racing application unless you've
got some pretty experienced engineering heads watching over both the
design/build as well as the operation/maintenance.
IMHO worse than worthless for LSR or any kind of amateur racing for that
matter.
Well, maybe I'd make an exception for little British sports cars like Lotus
7's with their silver soldered "birdcage" frames.... as long as they're
powered with "little British" engines.
Ed Weldon

> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "DougOdom" <dlodom at charter.net>
> > To: "Landspeed List" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:54 PM
> > Subject: [Land-speed] John Force car
> Bill, I started this thread for the people that are building a car out
> of chrome moly tubing. In all the race cars I have built ( over 20 ) I
> have never used chrome moly so I know very little about working with it.
> I have a good friend that builds super modifieds. Of course they are
> made with c/m tubing. Another good friend is a crew chief on a funny
> car. From what I understand there has been a real  hassle among funny
> car builders about heat treating or normalizing c/m. .... Doug Odom in big
ditch