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Old 07-01-2015, 04:40 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
I wouldn't take the risk of ruining the Insight's frame. Anyway, isn't it made out of aluminium? So, you'd also have to overcome galvanic corrosion if you'd use a steel tube structure for that stretch...
This from the same guy that doesn't blink when recommending people swap engines and design and fabricate their own engine management systems?

Galvanic corrosion- as if nothing is made from dissimilar metals. Put a layer of paint between 'em and they're good. Look at any older snowmobile chassis with it's steel bulkhead riveted to an aluminum tunnel.
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