Titanium bolts anyone interested?

Ed Wright · 10-07-2014, 03:04 PM

Yeah, I know what the coating is. I was an aircraft tech for 12 years. Used those bolts all the time at work. Not just everybody can machine them well. I measured every bolt in the car while building it, it came completely apart every winter. My friend took the bastard-sized bolts and made the needed 1/2" & 7/16" bolts, with one full thread past the locking nuts. Intake bolts, bell housing, and front motor plate bolts were std thread 3/8", (no std threads on an air plane) were made from longer 3/8" fine thread bolts. Always use the proper anti-seize with them. Got asked a lot "Why all the 12 point bolts?" :-)

I had blue & red AN fittings and stainless braided lines (and Dzus fasteners) on my old '56 Chevy Jr Stocker in the mid-1960s before anybody ever heard of Dave Russell.

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Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Titanium bolts anyone interested? Yeah, I know what the coating is. I was an aircraft tech for 12 years. Used those bolts all the time at work. Not just everybody can machine them well. I measured every bolt in the car while building it, it came completely apart every winter. My friend took the bastard-sized bolts and made the needed 1/2" & 7/16" bolts, with one full thread past the locking nuts. Intake bolts, bell housing, and front motor plate bolts were std thread 3/8", (no std threads on an air plane) were made from longer 3/8" fine thread bolts. Always use the proper anti-seize with them. Got asked a lot "Why all the 12 point bolts?" :-) I had blue & red AN fittings and stainless braided lines (and Dzus fasteners) on my old '56 Chevy Jr Stocker in the mid-1960s before anybody ever heard of Dave Russell. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 10-07-2014 at 03:11 PM.