it is intended as a daily commute hybrid electric vehicle. a professional welder and the necessary heat treatment afterwards would take too much of the budget from the rest of the car. this problem of lots of extra cost is the driving factor in the problem of using chromoly vs DOM. So as a...
Hello,
I am working on designing a chassis for a car.
I was thinking that chromoly is a very strong tubing, but that the extra cost involved of having it heat treated after welding would make things too expensive.
So to get around this, i was thinking of using 1.75 in .095 thick 1020 Dom steel...
