I bought studs and then cut them down.

take one of the semi-intact one's to your local Lowes or Home Depot, they should have a station that you can thread things into and get a measurement. I forgot it's been so long for me.

I used studs to connect the the turbo to the manifold, FUCK that. They came loose every 100 miles or so. The M8 studs were just too small. I even installed nord lock washers on the studs, still loose.

I bought some 10.9 bolts and some nord lock washers, that shit is NEVER coming off on it's own. To connect the manifold to the head I just used the stock hardware, I've had no problems with them so far.

If you don't know what a nord lock washer is, they are great. The pitch of the ramps is higher than that of the threads. I love em.
Heres a pic:http://www.railway-technology.com/co...rd/washer1.jpg

Got my manifold back today from the machinist. $48 for drilling out 4 studs and installing 2 helicoils :bigtu:

Went to my local Ace hardware, napa, and advance autoparts but none carried the aforementioned 10.9 hardware (8mmx1.25 pitch). Any recommendations on where I could order such items?

you couldn't find automotive studs at napa? or ace?

yeah fastenal.com or fastenermart.com

I found 8mmx1.25 and then i asked them what grade it was and the Ace employee told me its grade 2 (the bolt said 8.8)? :confused:

That doesn't make sense, but 8.8 is not what you want. You need class 10.9 or grade 8.

8.8 isn't good enough, that's the equivalent of grade 5.