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Originally Posted by roger1
I snapped another photo of the GForce crossmember that shows how thick the steel is on it. The ends are 3/8" and the exhaust humps are 5/8".
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Total brute force engineering. Assuming the welds are good, I'm sure it would never fail. But I've probably just run too many CAE models on automotive structural stuff, and the "look" of those parts always wigs me out a bit. Certain trailer hitches for cars are made with the same approach, to go around exhaust outlets and such.
Once I knew where I had clearance to the trans and exhaust, I would have to weld little gussets (as sketched in the attached pic) into all the corners, if only to reduce the likelihood of any harmonics.
I'm not suggesting you or anyone do this. It's just an OCD problem I have
