EPIC nuts/studs loosening thread (reposting stupid stuff without reading = warning)
Do you run a gasket between mani and turbo, Splitime?
This is probably completely misguided, and I'll probably be proven wrong in short order, but I just thought of a little theory that I'll run by you engineer types.
So, people say that it's not just vibration which loosens nuts, but also the thermal expansion of the metal. So, in a gasketless connection, there is nothing to compress so the metal simply grows and pushes the nut loose. With a gasket, there's something to compress and the nuts stay put.
Be gentle guys.
This is probably completely misguided, and I'll probably be proven wrong in short order, but I just thought of a little theory that I'll run by you engineer types.
So, people say that it's not just vibration which loosens nuts, but also the thermal expansion of the metal. So, in a gasketless connection, there is nothing to compress so the metal simply grows and pushes the nut loose. With a gasket, there's something to compress and the nuts stay put.
Be gentle guys.
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No gasket.
So far the ONE single clean lap time I have vs spec miatas is I'm a second faster? No footage from later even more comfortable sessions... still learning car etc... but yah, ~1-2 seconds below spec miata times I've found.
So far the ONE single clean lap time I have vs spec miatas is I'm a second faster? No footage from later even more comfortable sessions... still learning car etc... but yah, ~1-2 seconds below spec miata times I've found.
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From: Fake Virginia
Do you run a gasket between mani and turbo, Splitime?
This is probably completely misguided, and I'll probably be proven wrong in short order, but I just thought of a little theory that I'll run by you engineer types.
So, people say that it's not just vibration which loosens nuts, but also the thermal expansion of the metal. So, in a gasketless connection, there is nothing to compress so the metal simply grows and pushes the nut loose. With a gasket, there's something to compress and the nuts stay put.
Be gentle guys.
This is probably completely misguided, and I'll probably be proven wrong in short order, but I just thought of a little theory that I'll run by you engineer types.
So, people say that it's not just vibration which loosens nuts, but also the thermal expansion of the metal. So, in a gasketless connection, there is nothing to compress so the metal simply grows and pushes the nut loose. With a gasket, there's something to compress and the nuts stay put.
Be gentle guys.
but once you get to that point, it's a losing battle.
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I've noticed that all my BEGi supplied bolts that had the deformation on the end to grip the stud, all can be spun off by hand.
Titanium?
Resmond 907 threadlocker?
Inconel hardware?
some combonation of all that ****?
Titanium?
Resmond 907 threadlocker?
Inconel hardware?
some combonation of all that ****?
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are we fighting thermal expansion or vibration? Spacemetal may help one of those. If we can find a stud material that will stretch equal to the mild steel or cast iron, then all we have to do is safety-wire for vibration.
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