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Fasteners

 

****NOTE!****  No longer selling fasteners, if you're in the US then go to www.mcmaster.com to buy anything you can think of and more regarding hardware store type stuff.  Use the measurements provided on this page to know what you need to get.  Some things might only come in bigger quantities, so offer them to your friends too!  FYI, you can never have enough M8 nuts and washers.

 

As you can probably tell, I LOVE to use stainless steel fasteners wherever I can on my cars.  The obvious benefit is that they don't rust, but there are many other high points as well.  Because they don't rust, they won't seize in the hole or on the stud.  They're always easy to install and remove, just crack it past the initial sticking point and they'll screw right out.  All the fasteners are bright and shiny to begin with, and they keep looking that good forever.  Bolts and nuts used around the turbo and exhaust will turn a really cool gold color after the first heat cycle.  They are a lot more expensive than the typical steel ones, but these ones last a very very long time and stay looking and working perfectly.  On my 242 I've never had to replace a stainless fastener, just install them once then re-use them time and time again.  I've never broken a SS bolt, snapped a SS stud, or stripped a SS nut, certainly can't say the same about regular steel ones...

 

M8 nuts and washers
With this kit of 20 stainless nuts and washers, you'll find tons of places to put them!  Bolt down your intake (8 req) and exhaust manifolds (8), throttle body (3), wastegate housing on the turbo (5), top of the strut towers (6), exhaust downpipe (3) and more! 

$12.00  Out of stock until further notice

 

M8x16mm bolts
Use these to bolt your Garret style T3 center section to the turbine housing.  6 bolts in each kit, no washers required.

$10.00  Out of stock until further notice

 

M6 acorn nuts
Use these to bling up that valve cover!  Kit includes 10 nuts and washers.

$20.00  Out of stock until further notice

 

M8x45mm studs
Use these to replace all the broken, stripped, rusted out factory manifold studs on the turbo side of the head.  Work great on the intake side too!  These studs also have a 4mm allen head socket to make installation a breeze.  Kit includes 8 studs, enough to do one side of the cylinder head. 

$28.00  Out of stock until further notice

 

700/900 strut tower kit
I realize that I haven't been catering much to the 7/9 series crowd, even though more than half of my spark plug wire customers drive them!  It's finally time.

This kit contains 4 stainless steel nylon locknut nuts and 4 washers, enough to replace the nasty rusted out ones on the top of your strut towers.

$10.00
 Out of stock until further notice

 

Complete top end engine kit!
This kit contains most of the above, for 15% cheaper!  This kit will allow you to replace the most commonly accessed nuts and bolts on all 8 valve Volvo engines from '76-'95 with stainless steel.  Includes enough to replace the intake and exhaust side studs/nuts/washers, valve cover nuts, and a few extra thrown in for good measure.  10 acorn nuts and 10 washers for the valve cover, 16 M8 studs for both sides of the cylinder head, 20 M8 nuts and 20 M8 washers. 

$75.00  Out of stock until further notice

 

 

Tech Articles
News
02-06-10
The direction of my business is changing and I will be ceasing production on nearly all of my products for the next few months.  I need to concentrate on family, R&D and producing my big blow off valves!  Fun fun fun.

Ohh and my 4 axis CNC mill is up and running :-)

09-10-09
Opening most of the store back up again.  Very busy catching up on old orders of shifters and BIG strut braces.  Also in my spare time I'm working on converting my milling machine to CNC, very cool!  See the blog for info.
03-26-09
We just got a CNC lathe, so production will be much faster!  Also keep your eyes peeled for new and interesting products on the way...
 

 


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