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Originally Posted by gale
Most of the responses have been pretty nice but there is an underlying theme in that the cutting more than likely wasn't necessary. I've worked with metal almost my entire life and I can't tell what sort of tool you used to cut the frame.
Your idea of bolting on strips of stainless has no engineering merit at all. You will wind up with a perforated frame you can throw away.
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2X on that! Drilling and bolting is just going to further weaken the structure at a critical area. To do this right you need to clean up those cut-outs and properly weld in plate.
As an R&D guy for more than 20 years.... Rough edges are a sure-fire place for cracks to form.
It may or may not ever be a problem, but if you head-on the truck that engine is likely to visit you inside the cab.