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> 914 Chassis-stiffening kit, Labor involved
bluhun
post Oct 29 2012, 02:17 AM
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Can someone give me an estimate of the number of hours of labor that a good Porsche shop would require to weld in all of the panels in a chassis-stiffening kit?
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post Oct 29 2012, 06:23 AM
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This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours.
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post Oct 29 2012, 06:36 AM
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QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) *

This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours.

My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play
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post Oct 29 2012, 06:39 AM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) *

QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) *

This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours.

My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play


I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming!
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bluhun   914 Chassis-stiffening kit   Oct 29 2012, 02:17 AM
mepstein   You need to find a good welder, not necessarily a ...   Oct 29 2012, 05:04 AM
timothy_nd28   This really depends. If you just drop off the car...   Oct 29 2012, 06:23 AM
scotty b   This really depends. If you just drop off the ca...   Oct 29 2012, 06:36 AM
timothy_nd28   This really depends. If you just drop off the c...   Oct 29 2012, 06:39 AM
scotty b   [quote name='scotty b' post='1759692' date='Oct 2...   Oct 29 2012, 06:41 AM
bluhun   [quote name='scotty b' post='1759692' date='Oct 2...   Oct 29 2012, 09:56 AM
partwerks   Make sure everything is sealed between the plates ...   Oct 29 2012, 06:27 AM
scotty b   done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours st...   Oct 29 2012, 06:33 AM
bulitt   done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours s...   Oct 29 2012, 09:18 AM
Eric_Shea   Still a tremendous amount of work to be done. The...   Oct 29 2012, 10:23 AM
hot_shoe914   :WTF: :confused: :poke: :miles: :stooges: :...   Oct 29 2012, 07:27 PM
mepstein   When Scotty does mine, you will see; interior long...   Oct 29 2012, 08:19 PM
Cairo94507   Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to f...   Oct 29 2012, 08:38 PM
mepstein   Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to ...   Oct 29 2012, 08:48 PM
kg6dxn   Call Mark @ original Customs in Napa. He can do it...   Oct 29 2012, 08:49 PM
Elliot Cannon   :agree: Although his looks can be deceiving. :e...   Oct 30 2012, 10:03 PM
Jgilliam914   Last winter I welded in the Engman kit. My interio...   Oct 31 2012, 06:31 AM
shoguneagle   When I welded my car and added stress kitting, I s...   Nov 1 2012, 03:23 AM


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