While replacing the front brakes a few nights ago I inspected the upper a-arm brackets for tear-away (as noted here:pbase & s2ki thread), and found the inevitable. I guess a few years of autocross with 245 front Hoosiers did not trest the car very well.

So, does anyone have a shop recommendation to weld this bracket into place? I would like to have this finished before the TSSCC event on the 24th & 25th.

Thanks.

 

You could try AMS. It might be a bit pricey though

 

Its just MIG welding. pretty much any shop should be able to do it.

 

Unfortunatly, I've seen shops produce some pretty poor looking welds. I've also been told of an experience where a poor weld didn't hold, and the bracket was rewelded by another shop (neither local).

I forgot about AMS, somehow I only think of them in context of Mitsus. I'll give them a call.

Any cagebuilders in the area?

Thanks.

 

I'm not an AMS fan boy or anything but AMS does cage builds too. lol

Wouldn't it be cheaper to get a prefabed cage and then modify to your specs?

 

lemme rephrase then. Any non shitty shop should be able to do the weld for you.

Maybe if we knew where you were physically located we could specify a (non-shitty) shop near you.

 

If you get AMS to reweld those brackets, you may as well ask and pay them to fab up some extra support/bracing for the upper control arm mounts. Beef it up now, or it could start tearing away with more drive time.

 

sounds like over over kill to me. Just go with TIG instead of MIG if you want a "better solution". but now you really have to have a good welder.

 

It looks like I confused everyone. My request for a local cagebuilder was to find a shop capable of welding rather than have a cage built.

As for added reinforcements, they are not allowed for SCCA stock class as the TSB only covers the seam weld around part of the bracket.

I am located in Oak Brook, and have found my way to AMS a few times, but any recommendations for other non-shitty shos would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

try cm werx in burr ridge..