Seam welding the engine cross member. Pros and cons ?
Pros:
*insert crickets here*
Cons:
- Waste of money. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
- Won't achieve anything. What you think it will achieve will be all in your head.
Virtually it's going to be far stronger then a factory cross member, but is it worth the money !
If you aren't pushing 600+Nm, why bother? Again, unless the factory one is damaged and NEEDS repair, no point.
Fabulous fabrications do a $250 core exchange for the R chasis
Smart cookies. Charging people for a service that has little to no effect.
and since the cross member goes left to right and not up and down like the u12 I would imagine flex also being minimized and thus resulting in a tighter front end, less body roll, more grip as suspension components are getting utilized more etc ?
Either:
a) put that $250 toward chassis braces, or
b) put it toward a weld in cage.
To put it simply, unless the cross member is a load bearing component of the front suspension (ie lower control arms mount to it), and by design, it is inherently lacking stiffness, reinforcing / seam welding won't produce any benefit except an exercise in wasting your time and money.
You're welcome. lol.