Midtenn

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Midtenn

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Another solution you can look into since you have a Garrett turbo is bump up to M10 studs.

SlowTeg

Very nice! Where did you purchase that threaded rod and heim joint ends from?

Nevermind.. google ftw.. Summit sells various lengths, very handy!

Midtenn

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I think this particular one came from Amazon, but there are plenty of turnbuckles out there.

Kboi12

Midtenn, looks good.My studs are definitely getting stretched under the tension, vibration, heat, supporting weight of turbo + exhaust.

I went ahead and started looking into mine. Current combination: ARP M8 studs, and Stage 8 locking hardware. 3/4 nuts backed out, 1 nut and locking hardware is completely missing. Even the turbo to downpipe bolts all backed out. During removal 1 stud snapped just using a 3mm allen key to remove it. I suspect ARP studs to be the problem here should of stayed with the provided kraken studs.

As of now I am going to dismantle everything and figure out what's the game plan.

Kboi12

Got it all apart. One stud is broken in the manifold. I thought I ordered Inconel studs but I actually accidently ordered stainless steel. I took a look at the order and shook my head.

I will be drilling it out and bumping all the studs to m10. I am debating if I want to hand tap the threads or take it to a machinist to get it done.

Z_WAAAAAZ

I'd never heard of anyone bumping the studs to M10, but it makes sense if there's reasonable space for it. Interested to see what you come up with and how it works on track

sixshooter

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It's been done here previously a few times. I did it on a previous turbo.

Kboi12

Sixshooter, the Full Race M10 kit, did you purchase this kit specifically when you converted to M10? I want to make sure the none threaded space between the thread itself is not to large.

sixshooter

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Yes