My Dart Swinger Project!

George Jets said

Go Get 'em DartFreak75
I think you are making good progress, learning as you go . . that is what this car stuff is all about. Indirectly you are learning a new skill of welding that will pay dividends for many many years to come on other projects that you dream up and make. Great for repair work too, do it yourself and you are not waiting on someone else and the money stays in your pocket.

I have to kind of chuckle of all the different opinions and suggestions 2, 3, 4 passes . . . more is better . . don't think so.
It is an 1/8" tube you are welding together, get a good close fit. One pass and you are done. Welding has 60,000 lbs tensile strength per inch on a clean pure weld.

Take in the information, follow your own head and you will get it done.
Good For You: DartFreak75 . . .

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Thanks man I really appreciate that. I get frustrated when people say oh just pay someone to do it for you. I understand that something's just cant be done without proper tools and skills. The skills part I'm working on. I'd much rather spend extra time and learn to do it myself than pay someone to do it for me and never know how to do it. This is my project I want to do everything myself. Minus the machine work on the engine obviously i can't go buy a mill. Haha. I see it alot not just here people hating on harbor freight flux core welders. I wonder If they have any experience with them or they just hate them because they are cheap? So far I love mine I'm not the greatest welder but I have fixed alot of stuff with mine and it has worked perfectly everytime and the welds are strong. Iv used it on my lca bushing, fixed my lawnmower deck, gunsmithing projects, some random stuff around the house, and just playing around welding scrap pieces together like above. And never had trouble with it.