Firm feel k frame reinforcement

JoePole1 said

Would the k frame reinforcement kit be for a racing application? The reason I ask is that I will be swapping out my engine this winter from under chassis and was planning to do some k frame strengthening for my street only application. Was going to weld up the seams and add washer at the strut mounts. Any advice is appreciated.

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The best advice that I can give is, to get good solid welds the K frame needs to be cleaned inside and out. Remember that chunk of iron has spent decades under the car under the engine. I took mine to a local shop that has a strip tank big enough to submerge stock car and sprint car chassis. The better race teams take the cars down completely in the off season, strip the frames to check the welds for cracks. Short of that, a cleaning in an engine shop hot tank would be a good start, remember you need to get the outside and inside super clean.

The strut mounts can use some reinforcement and nothing wrong with welding up the seams, but probably the weakest joint on the K frame is the steering box mount area. As newer-grippier-wider tires are substituted in, getting the steering box area more rigid becomes more important.