SS bolts,washers, and nuts
Drifting
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From: Spring Texas
Summit and Jegs carry engine fastener kits in polished stainless. Bowties on the bolt heads cost more. But once you start mixing and matching parts as much as the vast majority do here, your better off with Mcmaster Carr or having your rusty pieces rechromed. Home Depot or Lowes cheap stuff is good for trial fittings, but for final assembly, you want the correct grade, and a nice finish.
Safety Car
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[QUOTE=73, Dark Blue 454;1558869298]Wow,..this is a lousy thread, but wanted to point out, that stainless hardware is not even as strong as grade 5. So be careful where you use it. Body parts and trim, ok. Brake calipers, steering, and suspension, not ok.[/ thr
Racer
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From: Wichita Kansas
Most hardware store and automotive stainless bolts have a tensile strength of less than 100KSI. A grade 8 bolt is in the 180KSI range if I remember correctly. DO NOT REPLACE HIGH STRENGTH STEEL HARWARE WITH STAINLESS! I use grade 10 in many of the high stress areas on my car.
Melting Slicks
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From: San Antonio TX
Carl Just Stop while you are behind Man. 
You may just be pulling everyone's leg or maybe not. But some things are hard to tell by the written word. Be it fact or fiction the premise of your actions put forward on this forum gives your self a distrustful name on the forum and looks bad to other members of the forum as well as people that are not members as of yet but just looking around our good site. I hope you get this situation corrected.
You may just be pulling everyone's leg or maybe not. But some things are hard to tell by the written word. Be it fact or fiction the premise of your actions put forward on this forum gives your self a distrustful name on the forum and looks bad to other members of the forum as well as people that are not members as of yet but just looking around our good site. I hope you get this situation corrected.
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Pro
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From: Central FL
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Most hardware store and automotive stainless bolts have a tensile strength of less than 100KSI. A grade 8 bolt is in the 180KSI range if I remember correctly. DO NOT REPLACE HIGH STRENGTH STEEL HARWARE WITH STAINLESS! I use grade 10 in many of the high stress areas on my car.
SS has a significantly lower tensile strength compared to a grade 8 bolt, if corrosion is a concern, consider using zinc-plated bolts with anti-seize on the threads.
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From: In Dreams There Is Truth Ohio
Personal attacks on forum members are against the forum rules and subject to vacation time...calling someone a thief is such an attack. We are not judge and jury regarding another person's morals.
I kept this thread open because there is good information on SS bolts vs grade 8. If you guys continue to badger the thief card, I will move this thread to the boneyard.
I kept this thread open because there is good information on SS bolts vs grade 8. If you guys continue to badger the thief card, I will move this thread to the boneyard.
Melting Slicks
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Totally stainless makes a kit for early C3's .... does the whole car. As to how strong stainless is, most hardware is not real strong but with the correct heat treat stainless fasteners can be equivalent to Grade 8 (170,000 ksi). Totally stainless carries the high strength bolts. They carry both 17-4 and ones made by ARP. ARP even makes stainless steel cylinder head bolts that are stronger than stock. You can get the ARP stainless thru Jegs and Summit also. 
Pro
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From: Hamilton, ON, Canada
Totally stainless makes a kit for early C3's .... does the whole car. As to how strong stainless is, most hardware is not real strong but with the correct heat treat stainless fasteners can be equivalent to Grade 8 (170,000 ksi). Totally stainless carries the high strength bolts. They carry both 17-4 and ones made by ARP. ARP even makes stainless steel cylinder head bolts that are stronger than stock. You can get the ARP stainless thru Jegs and Summit also.
Sorry for rambling. Fastener strength & selection depends on quite a few factors.