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Old 11-10-2014, 06:55 PM
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Default Hotside parts. Steel vs Stainless steel...

If money was not a factor, which is better? On one side you have the mild steel that can corrode and is not as strong. On the other side you have stainless steel that is stronger but can become brittle under the hot turbo temps. I have heard of coating the mild steel parts, but will that last indefinitely?

Looking for good advice here. I wold love to hear the opinions of Martin from Tick Performance, and someone from Huron Speed.
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Stainless isn't brittle if Its welded properly. Good argon backpurge...

There are lots of different grades of stainless. Make sure you pick the right one
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321 stainless, back purge welds, silicon bronze on outside of primaries to header flange.
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Stainless.

Never had a stainless failure even with weight hanging off of it.


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sorry for the slow response, in our opinion, stainless is the way to go.

our kits are stainless and we have never had a failure!
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Is 304 sainless any good to use?
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Stainless for sure, especially when you don't have to worry about rusty metal going through the turbine housing all the time.
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