[Tinker51]

Turk,
I am down in the SF east bay. I was just visiting Cameron Park. I have to admit here that I weld about as well as I spit (I could never be a professional baseball player because I can't spit for sh*t) I took the car to a friend's house and welded them with LOTS of coaching. He has both MIG and TIG, we MIG'd them. If you look at the pipes on an SPF car you will see a slight crease in the support bracket where the two speaders that attatch to the pipe come together and head under the car as a single piece. My guess is the crease is caused by a brake used to bend the metal to shape. Problem is the brackets break at the crease. Both sides on my car broke in exactly the same place. As others have pointed out I might have engine mount issues too. I will investigate this next week when I have some free time.
Sam.