lol @ comparing this thread/forum full of people who run under the SM record on any given weekend in some of the fastest Miatas in the country to a forum full of hardparking hood-welders.

I'd say 75% or more of the top-ten fastest Miatas in the country post here. Me being #1 of course, and the most masculine.

 

So....the plan is to spend the remaining 46.50 on ---- lube.

 

Words cannot convey how disappointed I am that ---- is censored here :(

 

How much would you be willing to wager that exactly 75% of the top-ten fastest Miatas in the country post here?

 

I would bet $0 that exactly 7.5 / 10 cars post here.

7 or 8 would be more realistic

 

Probably the battery.

 

I made a failed attempt today at removing my broken stock M8 stud from the manifold. I decided because I was drilling out for an M10 I shouldn't bother removing the stud first.

Even tho I was on a bridgeport that didnt help the fact that the bit could still shift. I now am left with an oblonged hole and only a few good threads to hold the stud in. I think it MIGHT be ok, but my plan B is inconel helicoils.



Other topic... Is the final consensus that we should NOT run a gasket between the turbo and manifold? I saw that hustler had a link to inconel gaskets, but I did not see any T2 size.

 

I don't know if it's a consensus, but the only time I ever ran a gasket (on my old Greddy), it blew out twice before I milled both surfaces flat, bolted them together and never had another leak (well, until the studs broke).

 

For those who don't have the luxury of enough meat to go to 10mm, do you consider FM's offering of "Stage 8 hardware with Inconel studs" combined with Resbond to be the next best thing? I read Savington's post about the Inconel material differing but was hoping this would be sufficient.

 

...or go to McMaster-Carr and buy 7604A56...

 

That's the route I went and have been pleased thus far. As far as I know, the material is similar (Inconel 718 alloy), heat treated, rolled edges and made by ARP. I bought Resbond for my install, based on the collective wisdom here.

 

I'm running an upgraded Mazdaspeed IHI that doesn't have enough meat to use the big boy Trackspeed M10 kit. I used the OEM inconel M8 studs from the 300zx turbo when I put mine together. I am also running the Trackspeed kit but it is holding the downpipe on. That is where my failures were. I did manage to drive from Thunderhill to Seattle with a single DP stud and the tranny brace holding things together though...

 

The FM 8mm inconels works fine if you don't have the meat for 10's, I would get the stage 8 nuts and locks though as I had the resbond come loose after some hard track days

 

M8 is OK but we can all agree that drilling and tapping to M10 is a better option if you have the room to do it. Bigger really is better...

 

Why not 12s while u're at it?

 

 

We don't want people to know how the 1percenters roll.

 

All this bolt ---- is so retarded, just buy god damned v-banding and never deal with any of this stuff again. I can R&R the turbo in ~15-minutes, less if someone helps me align the exhaust.

 

What about all the bolt sh*t you had to deal with on your center section after going v-band?

Don't you have safety wired inconel bolts holding your exhaust housing onto the rest of the turbo, one's with EDM drilled holes?

 

Yes. I never jack with those, set it and forget it.