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Re: titanium nuts

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Brandon Hull wrote:

> >>Also interesting, why are the four nuts 046 145 749, which attach the
> turbo
> to the EM, $10 each?!?  What are those babies made of?  And no I'm not going
> so far as to replace them...<<
> 
> >Titanium.  Really.  They use those because they won't >corrode.  Check the
> >price on the studs to screw onto.  $18 each.  Yup, titanium >too.

Since I've removed mine a few times (in the process of building a few 
exhaust systems,) the locking feature no longer works, 
and last night when I pulled the head off the replace the head gasket, I 
noticed that one of the turbo nuts has fallen off.   I think I might 
replace all four to prevent my exhaust system from falling off the turbo.

Its only 40 bux - the rest of the job will be in the hundreds...

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