S13 – Tube Crossmember

Tonight i set aside a few hours to start on the tube crossmember on the PS13, heres what happened!

You may have seen the Jig i made a while ago, the jig isnt really needed but if you plan on doing a few then its worth its weight in gold, makes life so much easier.

The main inspiration was to get the motor in so i could make the headers, i cant make the headers until the crossmembers done so it had to happen fast.

Its all just tacked up at this stage and i need to brace it a little more but its getting there.

Everythings adjustable and everythings super light, im almost at that stage i want to rework the entire engine bay, i did those tubs and tin work like 5 years ago and learnt a lot since.

4 Comments
  1. So dam good 🙂 also loved reading you bit in performance garage mag

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  2. High quality as always.

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  3. Nice idea, I assume its made from 4130. Any idea on the weight saving

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    • Its just normal mild steel, i get it from my local metalland, the tubes called Semi Bright ERW and is cheap as hell.

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