jimmy
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 posted on 13/9/02 at 05:32 PM |
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Floorpan in 18swg Aluminium
I have some aluminium sheet 1.6 mm thick spare and was wondering if the sva man would object to me using it for the floorpan?
I know I will have to weld in some 3mm thick strips to mount the seats on as the ally would'nt be strong enough.
Cheers Jimmy
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 13/9/02 at 06:06 PM |
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1.6 mm is actually 16 swg.
you will absolutely need to add some kind of extra support for the seats, even on a steel bottmed car.
the 'book' car used a bench seat, but a normal sliding seat puts 'spot' loads where it bolts down. if its not bolted flat to the floor, the floor
will move and 'ping'.
I would suggest you did as I did - just weld another one or two 1 inch sections across the floor and bolt through those. they will be a lot stronger
and less flexy than a 3mm thick strip, which at say 3mm by 40mm is approx the same mass as a bit of square section anyway!
atb
steve
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