nova eng bay welding

[shanemc]

im in the process on fitting an xe in my 1.3 sr,im just wondering whereabouts round the engine bay will need to be stitch welded?
cheers

[-Bruce-]

well mate you basiclly have to weld inch to inch every seam!! that means where a panel joins another weld that. all around the front of the shell. and all the way to the back if you realy want to.

bruce

[Philsutton]

mine was seam welded around all the seams an plated on the inner arches

[shanemc]

nice one lads cheers

[novadan19]

wot is the mimimum amp mig welder that u can use to do this job?

[m.d.]

its only thin steel so any mig will do it, mine was crap but did it with ease

[Snowface]

1.3's have thinner metal around the bay as apposed to GSI/GTE where its thicker.

Not sure where the Sri stands though.

[-Bruce-]

think its just the GTE/GSi that has the thicker metal.

as they are the ones with the reinforced strut tops.

bruce

[ollster]

like this, every visible seam (this is uncompleted)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Random/DSC01391.jpg

the sri is the same as the gsi shell

[nova_rally]

How much can you get at with an engine in place? want to strengthen mine up a bit, few patches need a bit of welding anyway!

[ollster]

not enough car needs to be stripped if your going to do it im afraid, if not you wll just transfer stress to another part of the bay

[madcodling]

is it a must have ,if you are putting a 2.0 16v in a gte nova or will the bay take it

[Snowface]

i suppose its not so bad for a GTE/GSI as it thicker metal. But i'd imagine u'd still gain from it.