Rb25 Manifold Studs

[gumflapper]

hey ppl

my turbo died a few weeks ago so i decided to take off the stock dead turbo. as i was doing so 3 of the 4 lock nuts that bolt the turbo to the manifold came off rather eaisly... but ofcourse there is always 1 that wont. the 4th 1 locked to the nut and i took out the stud from the manifold. i cant get the nut off without damaging the thread so my question is...

where can i get a manifold stud for a RB25?

ive been to several places and the responses have varied from "we dont have those... try this place" gone to this place and "thats a mazda part... try repco" went to repco and "we only stock the universal studs".

im going to try coventary fasterners tmrw arvo

any other places?

thanks

adam

[mad082]

they should be a generic stud, so simply take it to a few exhaust places, don't bother telling them what sort of car its from (as some people are a mix of stupid or lazy or both), and just say "do you have 1 of these?"

my local autobarn stocks a few of those sorts of things. they have spaces and gaskets for turbo's, etc and i'm pretty sure they have the studs as well. but i don't think you really want to drive 2 hours to gympie on the off chance they might have it, LOL

[gumflapper]

i assumed they were a generic stud aswell... but 1 end of the stud as M10 coarse thread and the other is M10 fine. the guy im getting the turbo off rang me this morning and he said the place next to him usually has studs and nuts that he's after...

gonna try them

if not, then maybe ill have to take drive to gympie

[Birds]

I take it you're talking about turbo flange studs? JustJap (www.justjap.com) have manifold studs, but they are to bolt manifold to engine. Whether they are the same studs as those used on the flange I have no idea.

[mad082]

doesn't really matter if 1 end is fine and the other end course. get 1 with the right thread to screw into the manifold and then just ask them for a nut to match the other end. simple as that.

EDIT: actually get 2 nuts, that way you can install the stud properly