[s-cars] RE: Stebro

[Kirby Smith]

Teddy:

Would you clarify... are they hot dip galvanized after welding, or is
the sheet metal galvanized before forming?

kirby


Theodore Chen wrote:
> 
> --- Kirby Smith <kirby.a.smith at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Yes, an IRS is unlikely to be a major improvement on a glassy smooth
> > track.  On bumpy corners though, a live axle rear is going to loose
> > traction.  Back in the '60s and early '70s, Lime Rock, Bryar, and
> > Binghamton, NY's track (forget the name) weren't engineered for maximum
> > smoothness in all planes.  Anyway, I drive on bumpy roads where IRS is
> > an advantage, and am glad to hear that it has finally arrived in
> > American sedans (obviously I wasn't paying attention).  Now, if Detroit
> > would galvanize them....
> 
> they're all galvanized.  i think you're talking about double-galvanized,
> which not everybody does.
> 
> -teddy
>