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Title: nuts on cat
Post by: stuart wizy on March 25, 2007, 04:04:07 PM

anybody know what threaded nuts are on standard cats????
Ive borrowed a cat of eddie with no nuts on it, they arnt m12 or m12 fine.
what the hell are they, mazdas own secret thread size!!
The last cat I put on the car I ended up running m12 die down each bolt because I couldnt get nuts for that one either!

Title: nuts on cat
Post by: Timrxmotors on March 25, 2007, 04:31:35 PM

M12 superfine! Best do what you did last time,run a die down them.

Title: nuts on cat
Post by: MikeLMR on March 25, 2007, 05:13:37 PM

same size as the engine mounting tappings in the block then. Took a while to track down some cap screws for those!

Title: nuts on cat
Post by: stuart wizy on March 25, 2007, 05:46:57 PM

Quote from: TimrxmotorsM12 superfine! Best do what you did last time,run a die down them.

have you got 3 spare nuts tim, its eddies cat you see,I would hate to give it him back with 3 threads left on each bolt!!
the cat on my car is blocked up or I hope it is, I just need to try another cat on the car to check if it is blocked or not.
are you racing this season by the way tim ?
cheers
stu

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