2mm thick steel cutting?

[rpjg1975]

Will it be too heavy or can i get away with it? It's cost me nothing and i thought they aren't massive bits so wouldn't make too much difference?

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by rpjg1975

Will it be too heavy or can i get away with it? It's cost me nothing and i thought they aren't massive bits so wouldn't make too much difference?

It,ll be fine for your floor, admittedly its heavier than an ali floor but if you don,t cover in the prop area that,ll save a bit of weight

It was free....use it

ps... don,t do full welds all in one go, stagger the welding, to avoid heat distortion.

cheers
andy

extra info....Spuds Roadster has a steel floor, doesn,t slow that car down.

[rpjg1975]

Cool, all systems go again. Cheers

[mr henderson]

I'm told that welding on a steel floor can lead to corrosion problems, and I believe it's actually not allowed in locost racing because of this. I understand the corrosion is caused by there being 2 pieces of metal close to each other that you can't get at to apply rust preventative, and that the thin gap causes moisture to be drawn into it.

[flyerncle]

Jigsaw cuts it fine and cleaner and easier to control .

Dont quote me as I have not verified it but I am fairly sure the MSA blue book requires a steel floor for racing.

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

Dont quote me as I have not verified it but I am fairly sure the MSA blue book requires a steel floor for racing.

You could well be right, but I have a feeling, I'm sure I read it somewhere, that such floor had to be rivetted on rather than welded. Obviously the rivetting would then allow sealer to be applied to the joint, thus preventing the rust problem

[RAYLEE29]

Weld thru primer applied to both pieces before welding, paint and seal after.
nearly every car on the road has spot welded floor pans sills etc
and then theres the problem of galvanic reactions when using ally floor rivetted to steel chassis.
after a period of time the ally floor could fall off as the rivets corrode and eventually disapeer
my floor is steel welded on as above
other people have rivetted ally floors and theyre fine too
if you have the steel weld it on im sure it will make an excellent floor and cost nothing.
many kit producers also weld in floors im sure theyre not all wrong
Ray