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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I bought a bunch of titanium bolts from an aircraft surplus place back in the 1980s when I was running a dirt track sprint car. A guy that helped me with the car was a machinist, he custom made two full sets of bolts for me. Thing with larger aircraft bolts, most are 12 point heads and what I had were plated, they were a green color. Light & strong enough. Had a few crashes, never a bolt failure.
Might be a place to look.
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Ed, the green color was the Zinc Chromate finish for corrosion.
Titanium should never be in direct contact with Cadmium, Nickel-Cadmium, CRES Steels and/or Aluminum unless it has been primed.
Also, Titanium should never be exposed to Trichloroethylene/Trichloroethane cleaning products, Chloride and/or Methyl Alcohol.
if any one uses Titanium fasteners in suspension components such as control arms, they need to use a specific Titanium compatible lubricant.
Although they save weight, the cost and corrosion risks and not worth the investment unless you are the type of racer that does take the car apart at the end of the season as part of your maintenance and inspection of critical parts.