[urq] bolts holding the downpipe to the turbo

Phil Payne quattro at isham-research.com
Tue Jan 6 04:14:49 EST 2004


> The studs, and I presume the nuts, are titanium and
> EXTREMELY expensive. Like $45 a stud. I would strongly
> recommend against using regular bolts here. There is a
> reason Audi used titanium.

I think those are the turbo to manifold nuts.  They're expensive because they're a
non-standard size - the flats are narrower than standard nuts for that thread pitch.

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