Im just wondering if I should be using some loc tite or never seize on the bolts that go on the alluminum intake,any input?Id call roush but they are closed and I dont want to stop till morning..
For AL threads, I always use antisieze. Use it almost everywhere, actually,
the exceptions would be internals, rods/cranks.
It actually makes the thread stronger, as the metal 'dust' fills in the imperfections of the male/female junction.
Picked up some MIL surplus antisieze that uses ZINC as the ingredient, awesome for high temps.
Stay away from that copper-laced stuff, the copper is sized like a flake
instead of ground into a dust...maybe good for stovebolts, lol.
SIDENOTE: the huge bangs you hear on the 4th. of July are AL dust, there is no 'gunpowder' in those...we devised that in WW2 for 2 purposes:
1) destroying enemy moral, they were using pounds of the stuff per hit, VERY loud.
2) to provide major caliber light to photograph enemy cities, so we could plan their destruction later with real explosives. Think of a giant old-school flashbulb.
