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You still have issues of cold lap, limited penetration, etc,

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LOL - were you referring to the factory welds or the ones the owners made? The 70 k-member I'm getting ready to weld has it all, poor penetration, porosity, missing welds, etc. Its amazing the thing survived all these years without coming apart, yet there's no cracks or failures anywhere.


I whole-heartedly agree with your points but with reasonable care, technique, & proper heat settings, I can only make it stronger as the factory welds were pretty crappy:)

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^^^THIS SO MUCH.^^^
Some people can break an anvil with a feather, I've seen it and fixed it. Before I became a civil servant I made plenty of $$$ fixing cars for DIY hacks. The K member that I modded was welded by a drunken monkey and though it held up, I have an engine that has more than 2X the stock HP and will pull close to 2X the G forces than the stock car could. Some people are quite naive about the engineering or execution of the construction of these old cars and ignorant of the effectiveness of aftermarket mods. "Stupid is as Stupid Does"

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Think You missed the main points:

Point 1: the factory welds suck- "The K member that I modded was welded by a drunken monkey"

Point 2 : Not every DIY'er is a hack. I never said that. I stand behind what I said 100%, there are plenty of hacks out there and I've made bank fixing their F ups. They usually didn't complain much, because they had only come to the shop after they had gotten so frustrated that they gave up. There are all too many "professional" hacks out there.

Point 3: Welding/reinforcing the K-member is not rocket science. Again, I don't see where you got that out of my post. In fact "Some people are quite naive about the engineering or execution of the construction of these old cars and ignorant of the effectiveness of aftermarket mods.

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