F00-king turbo nuts/studs ain't coming out anymore!
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You have done the same thing safety wire would have accomplished, except your method is permanent so when the studs stretch and make that leak anyway, you'll be fixing your fuckup with a grinder and a headache vs. a pair of wire cutters and a bottle of cris.
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Some grade 10 hardware torque to about 40 -50 ft-lbs with a good thick thread coating with Resbond 2000 F thread locker says this **** ain't unscrewing anymore. It may stretch, but i'll be there to tighten the first couple of heat cycles...
#29
OH MY GOD
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t35874/
It's only 27 pages, no wonder you missed it!
#30
Ok, I'll say it:
OH MY GOD
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t35874/
It's only 27 pages, no wonder you missed it!
OH MY GOD
https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t35874/
It's only 27 pages, no wonder you missed it!
I guess that question is already answered given your response to my post.
"a manifold to outlet joining method thread" NOT a thread with bitching and arguing over what is wrong and more ways to screw with your setup.
A thread that details the how-tos of such things to aid people minimise the problem by people that have successfully dealt with it. Like Splittime or Braineack or Savington (no gasket, 7/16 M10, Lockwire respectively).
You adding stupid shouting comments only serves to promote you as rude and with a slowly shrinking intellect. Read first. After 10 years FM or BEGI would/could/should have come up with something those 27 pages give no practical help apart from listing possible equipment and parts needed.
#32
I only read minds and yours looks sad.
It helps if we have the final answer/a working solution for that imaginary thread of yours. No one has seriously track driven a cast manifold setup that doesn't fall apart. Sav is switching to v-bands. You go read. If you have the answer, post it there.
This is a forum not a manual.
A thread that details the how-tos of such things to aid people minimise the problem by people that have successfully dealt with it. Like Splittime or Braineack or Savington (no gasket, 7/16 M10, Lockwire respectively).
...those 27 pages give no practical help apart from listing possible equipment and parts needed.
#33
You are right this is a forum which in turns warrants expression and assembly. Expression of opinions, desires, thoughts is why we come to this and any forum. An assembly of minds whose collective knowledge forms a wisdom to rival the best minds on the planet. Unfortunately this knowledge must be passed on and without walkthroughs or manuals or instructions no one can learn.
Just because Sav is going V-bands doesn't mean he can't help if he wants. After all he has the knowldge (given he has said he has done it). Helping others maintain their car to a good standard means more people come back to help other do the same or different.
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