EPIC nuts/studs loosening thread (reposting stupid stuff without reading = warning)
07-17-2012, 11:32 AM
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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.
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.
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07-17-2012, 05:48 PM
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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.
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07-17-2012, 08:24 PM
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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).
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07-18-2012, 08:23 AM
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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.
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07-18-2012, 11:34 AM
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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.
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07-18-2012, 01:02 PM
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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... 
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07-18-2012, 01:29 PM
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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
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07-19-2012, 01:44 PM
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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?
Don't you have safety wired inconel bolts holding your exhaust housing onto the rest of the turbo, one's with EDM drilled holes?
Last edited by Efini~FC3S; 07-19-2012 at 01:44 PM. Reason: past tense, use(d) it...
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