Thanks John.

This is also what the metal guy expressed, so I was curious to "hear"
what more educated minds had to say. FWIW, the stock air cooled (and
WBX I think) is very much a rectangular shape. From memory, looks like
1" by .5" Obviously designed to handle L to R movement.

I have some scraps of hot rolled 2"x2" and plate steel (that the metal
guy kindly gave me) that I can try my hand at for practice fitting and
welding. I will play with wood scraps to find my angles first. It
looks like it's all 45's with the exception of the 90 needed to hang
from the subframe.

Once I get the engine at the right "height", and make some test pieces
out of wood, I should be able to determine how long the long side of
the rectangle can be before the bottom of the carrier hangs too low
below oil pan.

(he says thinking outloud to no one in particular --- ;^)

Neil.

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> Neil,
>
>  I'm not an engineer, but I would think that a tube with rectangular
>  crossection would have the greater strength, depending on the directions
>  loads are applied. Just my opinion.
>
>  John Rodgers
>  88 GL Driver
>  Chelsea, AL - where it's thundering, lightening, and pouring down rain.
>  Ahhh! Spring showers!
>
>
>
>  neil N wrote:
>  > Hi all.
>  >
>  > I am ready to fabricate the engine carrier for my 15 degree Jetta conversion.
>  >
>  > Is 1/8" -  2"x2" hot rolled tube rigid enough?
>  >
>  > Or should I use rectangular tube?  ( 2"x 2.2.5" ?      2" x 2.5"  ?)
>  >
>  > Will the rectangular shape add strength/stability ?
>  >
>  > For sure 2" is needed for base of Fox mounts I'm using.
>  >
>  >
>  > TIA,
>  >
>  > Neil.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
>  >
>  > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>  > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>  >
>  >
>  >
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