"2. Stick welding automotive sheet metal: what current would you run? How much space between each weld run? How long to let an area of sheet metal cool off before another run? What stick for tack welds, what stick for the welds? (Automotive sheet metal)
Stick is for building tractor parts...."
Stick welding has it's place in structural welding, but other than that, there is really no reason to use it if you have other means of welding.