1995 Mustang Super Stocker

[pmrphil]

Originally Posted by SBillinson

I had a couple of hard landings at the hit, which most likely caused the bend or at least contributed to it. The aluminum front motor plate didn't show any signs of stress.

I do a lot of welding and fabrication. If the steel was sourced offshore, then it's not ideal. That's not to say that domestic steel wouldn't have bent, but I doubt it would have to the degree seen in the photos. All of the offshore steel that I have used is substandard at best. You can tell immediately when you hit it with the tig torch.

Can't argue about quality of the steel, I agree. But, if the front (with any material) isn't bending, then it leads me to wonder if the rear is moving up or down (instead of fore and aft) on the hard landings - crossmember possibly flexing would sort of "pivot" on the front support and help to bend the midplate?

Tossing ideas out here because if nothing is moving, nothing can bend, I don't care what material it's constructed from.