Chassis welding/ enginering school? were?

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Hello i am looking for a chassis and welding and enginering school? Is there any good ones yall can recomend? I been welding for 5 years at a local machine shop and i want to upgrade myself, i mostly do heavy duty equipment welding and some gtaw pipe welding jobs. I weld allot for a hobby mostly car stuff, and i want to do this kind of welding instead.THank you very much for reading.
Reply:http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowl...ng/weldschool/Lincoln's two motorsports programs might be right for you.Last edited by 69 chevy; 10-11-2007 at 08:09 AM.WeldingWeb forum--now more sophomoric banter than anything else!
Reply:Thanks i heard of those schools but, courses seem pretty short, I would like to get some good training and knowledge  doing like race car chassis building and roll cages and such, and if there is such a degree in it i would persue it if i can.
Reply:UNC-Charlotte has a motorsports engineering program.I have to be up front with you though, for the most part, there is NOT a lot of money to be made in this industry, and its very hard to get into to begin with, even if you're willing to work dirt cheap and for no benefits.  If you enjoy doing it, it's a whole other routine when you have to do it day in and day out for other people.  If you've got a lot of pipe background, a lot of the unions are hurting right now, and there are big bucks to be made...
Reply:There are Two major Welding Engineering Schools, Ohio State and LeTurno in Longview, Texas.SMAW,GMAW,FCAW,GTAW,SAW,PAC/PAW/OFCand Shielding Gases.  There all here. :
Reply:I have been to the lincoln Motor Sports welding school and they talk more about properties of materials such as inconel 625, ti, 4130 and Mg not so much about angles and such but the instructors Karl Hoes, Joe Kowalski and Bill West are the best in the biz and there is an Ohio state branch, i believe it is Lima that offers a degree for Motor sports engineering I believe, but if you want a weekend crash course of drag cars, try Jerrybickel.com, he runs two day schools and you get engineering knowledge and also hands on experience welding and bending pipes, you will learn a ton if you go he also puts out books on how to build cars, and if you want to actually go for a weld engineering degree, OSU, Letourenu, PSU are all good choices but if you want the real deal on each of these schools let me know but I am not going to post details
Reply:For any real engineering education, you're going to have to choose a real school like a university. The weld & fab schools are going to teach you more of the hands-on part of doing things and how to do them right, but are very (very very) limited on what kind of engineering they'll teach you. If you want to engineer and design things, most of them won't get into that. They are there to teach welding and fabrication and not how to design swing arms for a carbon fiber Formula Atlantic tub.From what I understand Wyotech also has a decent program for the specialty automotive and racing field.A friend of mine owns a race prep shop (http://www.johnwalkoracing.com), who does open-wheeled cars, and there is certainly a shortage of true talent out there with racecar engineering and fabrication. There are many that do it, but only limited number of good ones.