Re: Rolled Tubing Vs Sch 40

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

At 01:55 PM 5/19/99 -0600, Tom Mandera wrote:
>The 2" .120 wall DOM tubing I *wanted* is $5.61 per foot delivered in
>Montana.. and it only comes in 23' or 24' lengths.  

.120 wall DOM tends to be expensive. the heaviest SCCA cars (ca. 4000 lbs)
generally run 1.75 x 0.120 ERW or 1.75 x 0.095 DOM tubing; the DOM is
stronger than the thicker walled ERW cage, as well as lighter. ERW is a lot
cheaper, though.

i would have to say that black pipe and exhaust pipe are right out. just
don't do that if you want to live.

richard