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Old 01-30-2012, 03:15 AM
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I saw those control arms. They may have been made in England, from original parts by the original guy in the original factory but they were originally welded together not brazed on suspension. There is a pretty good formula for calculating stock gain on bends based on angle, thickness, bend radii etc. Try using a material thickness for a 90 and see how close that is. The way we explain machinery abuse is it can bend 4 ft of 16 ga so it can bend 2 ft of 11 ga, same thing only different ha ha yeah right ;-)
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