Performance Racing Market

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When Safety Matters, Trust the Source

The performance racing market demands tubing that meets exact specifications, withstands extreme stress, and meets the stringent standards for safety-critical applications. Plymouth® manufactures race car tubing that exceeds these requirements, which is why we are the preferred race car tubing supplier and manufacturer for more than 50 years. By choosing Plymouth®, customers gain the certainty of a premium, American-made product proven by decades of uncompromising performance.

Performance Racing Applications:

  • Chassis
  • Frames
  • Steering Components
  • Roll Bars
  • Suspension Components

When Safety Matters, Trust the Source

The performance racing market demands tubing that meets exact specifications, withstands extreme stress, and meets the stringent standards for safety-critical applications. Plymouth® manufactures race car tubing that exceeds these requirements, which is why we are the preferred race car tubing supplier and manufacturer for more than 50 years. By choosing Plymouth®, customers gain the certainty of a premium, American-made product proven by decades of uncompromising performance.

Performance Racing Applications:

  • Chassis
  • Frames
  • Steering Components
  • Roll Bars
  • Suspension Components

Plymouth® Performance Racing Products

Plymouth Motorsports Products is our family of products manufactured to meet your high-performance racing needs. These products include Plymouth ProMoly® 4130 Cold Drawn Seamless Tubing, Plymouth Pro18 1018 and Pro26 1026 Cold Drawn Seamless Tubing, and Plymouth Pro20 Drawn Over Mandrel (DOM) Tubing. These are the preferred products for the construction of several performance racing components.

ProMoly® is Plymouth®’s proprietary chromoly tubing that offers higher dimensional consistency, strength, and performance compared to traditional 4130 tubing. These features ensure consistent build quality, an improved strength-to-weight ratio, greater fatigue resistance, and other advantages for race car tubing.

ProMoly® Specifications

MeasurementInches/FeetMetric

OD Range 

0.250” – 2.000” 

6.35mm – 50.8mm

Minimum OD Tolerance

+/- 0.005” (up to 1.500” OD) 

+/- 0.127mm (up to 38.1mm)

Maximum OD Tolerance

+/- 0.10” (above 1.500” OD)

+/- 2.54mm (above 38.1mm)

Wall Range 

0.025” – 0.187” 

0.635mm – 4.75mm 

Minimum Wall Tolerance

+/- 10% (For IDs over 0.500”)

+/- 10% (For IDs over 12.7mm)

Maximum Wall Tolerance

+/- 15% (for IDs under 0.500”)

+/- 15% (for IDs under 12.7mm)

Maximum Length

26’ 

7.9m

Minimum Yield StrengthMinimum Tensile StrengthMinimum Percent Elongation in 2”, Full Tube

 95,000 psi 

105,000 psi 

15%

Industry Specifications and Certifications

  • Grade: 4130
  • Industry Specifications: AMS-T-6736A | AMS-6371 | AMS-6360 | MIL-T-6736B
  • Certifications: ISO 9001

ProMoly® is a registered trademark of Plymouth Tube Company.

Plymouth Tube Company has been an industry-leading manufacturer of carbon drawn over mandrel (DOM) tubing for more than 90 years. Carbon DOM tubing gives manufacturers customizable tubing with exceptional OD and ID dimensional precision.

ASTM A513-5: Carbon DOM Tubing Specifications

MeasurementInches/FeetMetric

OD Range 

0.250” – 1.8750” 

6.35mm – 47.63mm 

Wall Range 

0.025” – 0.125” 

0.635mm – 3.175mm 

Maximum Length 

26’ 

7.9 m

Industry Specifications

  • Carbon Grades: 1010 – 1020

Plymouth®’s seamless cold drawn carbon and alloy steel tubing is manufactured to order based on the grade, size, and performance specifications provided by the customer.

ASTM A519: Cold Drawn Seamless Carbon & Alloy Steel Tubing Specifications

MeasurementInches/FeetMetric

OD Range

0.250” – 2”

6.35mm – 50.8mm

Wall Range

0.025” – 0.187”

0.635mm – 4.75mm

Maximum Length 

26’ 

7.9m

Industry Specifications

  • Carbon Grades: 1010 – 1018
  • Alloy Grades: 4130, 4140

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