Thread: How to properly design a gusset?

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I can weld, I'm not worried about that.
I would like something extra at the miter joints, due to the 500+ hp motor going in it.
Believe me, I don't baby anything, so it needs to be safe.

I like the internal gusset, same as sleeving a tube joint IMO
However I still have this nagging need to understand fully a gussets job, how it werkz, and how to determine the proper application for a gusset, size, material, thickness % etc.

sometimes I have these voices in my head that don't shut up until they get an answer lol

If you go to page 5 in my HOW TO BUILD A '32 SEDAN you can see how I do it. I like to do it internally so you don't see the patches on the outside. You can do this on the inside internally and the inside of the outside. I use the same thickness material I'm using on the frame. Just my two cents.
Ken