Titanium fasteners
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From: San Diego, CA "leaf" "tee" "e"
Titanium fasteners
Has anyone tried replacing their hardware with titanium fasteners? I'm planning on starting it very soon. My only concern is that the ti fasteners may not stretch enough to create the torque needed to properly seat itself, but I figure a shot of locktite should fix that problem. Ti fasteners will be lighter, and will never corrode...unlike some of the bolts in my '98! It'll also give me a new way to tinker with my car. If any of y'all know the specs for any of the fasteners, please post up. I'm sure I'll buy many bolts and nuts that don't fit my car, and I'd like to minimize the amount of wrong guesses I make.
The areas I'd like to target first are:
lugnuts
exhaust bolts
targa bolts
hood bolts
fender screws
wheel bearing bolts
A-arm suspension thru-bolts
seat bolts
Here are a couple sites I've found so far:
www.mettec.com
www.racebolts.com
www.tastynuts.com
The areas I'd like to target first are:
lugnuts
exhaust bolts
targa bolts
hood bolts
fender screws
wheel bearing bolts
A-arm suspension thru-bolts
seat bolts
Here are a couple sites I've found so far:
www.mettec.com
www.racebolts.com
www.tastynuts.com
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Safety Car
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From: San Diego, CA "leaf" "tee" "e"
Re: Titanium fasteners (leaftye)
Here are a couple sites to check out to learn more about titanium:
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans.../titanium.html
http://www.titanium.org/
I also have some publications I can email if anyone is interested.
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/phase-trans.../titanium.html
http://www.titanium.org/
I also have some publications I can email if anyone is interested.
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Re: Titanium fasteners (leaftye)
Interesting...
IMO not worth the cost/benefit. Also no test data available. Would not want to see parts fallling off the car when driving when bolt torque/stretch was not correct.
IMO not worth the cost/benefit. Also no test data available. Would not want to see parts fallling off the car when driving when bolt torque/stretch was not correct.
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Re: Titanium fasteners (vettenuts)
I wouldn't do it because I expect to feel or see a difference, but because it gives me a way to tinker that won't cause any harm if done properly.
