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VPT
11-02-2011, 03:57 PM
Just making sure shit will hold up I quick welded up a joint like the ones on the evo bars I just made and tried to break it. I may take this over to Franks yet to totally destroy it on his press but this is the result I got out of 3500# of force right at the joint. Also note that this is an ungusseted unsupported joint unlike the gusseted joints on the evo bars.


http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3377/bendtest012.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5425/bendtest014.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1473/bendtest015.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1690/bendtest016.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/204/bendtest017.jpg
Extremedsm
11-02-2011, 04:03 PM
Where is my driveshaft?
VPT
11-02-2011, 04:30 PM
I'll bend that next to test it out.
EVILUTION
11-02-2011, 08:22 PM
Where is my driveshaft?
http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo279/awdmotorsports/alumDS1.jpg

Aluminum will bend!
EVILUTION
11-02-2011, 08:25 PM
To test the lower bar you have to jack up the front of the car on it as that is the jacking point I use everytime.
VPT
11-03-2011, 05:44 AM
To test the lower bar you have to jack up the front of the car on it as that is the jacking point I use everytime.



Already surpassed that stress.
Dizmm
11-03-2011, 07:54 AM
Aluminum will bend!

Its not the bending you need to test on a driveshaft, its the torsion strength.

To test the lower bar you have to jack up the front of the car on it as that is the jacking point I use everytime.

Not a good place to jack up from. its not center and very unstable. Jack up on the sides.