# Custom Lower Control Arms

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [May 25, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/custom-lower-control-arms/115777 "2008-05-25T15:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![fastback240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fastback240/32/5591_2.png) [@fastback240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fastback240)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/custom-lower-control-arms/115777/14 "2008-05-26T17:52:08Z")

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> [@Hobowars crew: Starting a new gang](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hobowars-crew-starting-a-new-gang/16913/109):
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> Actually…  
> I’m right and wrong. Assuming you’re refering to TIG welding. Then I’m right.  
> Assuming you’re refering to MIG, Flux, or stick. It CAN be right.  
> I hardly ever use a wire fed type welder anymore… To boring. I’m all TIG.
> 
> So all I think about are TIG set-ups. So that’s my bad. I often forget about the differences.
> 
> 200amps on a MIG, Flux, or stick isn’t overly hot. But, it’s still hotter than what it should be.
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> TIG welding put 70% of the heat into the work piece. Then 30% into the Tungsten (electrode).  
> All the others are opposite. 70% heat into the electrode. 30% into the work piece.
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> On a 3/8’’ thick plate on a MIG with .035 wire. You should be at about 24-ish volts and about 220-230ish amps… so on a 1/4’’ thick it would be less. Around 180-200a.
> 
> So again, I apologize. I’m right and I’m wrong.

holy shit dude.

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