GnatGoSplat Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 doesn't salt corrode aluminum?? It can, but not to the extent of steel. Al gets a crusty white surface, but that's usually the extent of it from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 doesn't salt corrode aluminum?? It can, but not to the extent of steel. Al gets a crusty white surface, but that's usually the extent of it from what I've seen. hmm learn something new every day, thanks Shawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 lol, gm probably saved themselves 10 cents per cradle for not using stainless I doubt it would've been that cheap but, 10 cents times 100,000,000 cars. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Stainless steal, compared to the regular, is quite a bit more expensive. For example, just look at the differences in exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 they coulda added it to the price of the car, but then again they could add to the price of the car "without" putting them in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Without having watched the video... GRRR at cradle bolts.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJansen658 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 they coulda added it to the price of the car, but then again they could add to the price of the car "without" putting them in! so true.... and yeah it would be way more than 10cents... a 1" 3/8 16 stainless bolt costs 3 times as much as a regular hardened steel bolt. Current Scrap Iron/Steel Primary Metal is $0.1283/20 Tons!!!! Current Stainless Steel Solids is $0.4700/1 Lb...... Yes thats right, the national metal exchange prices scrap iron/steel in 40,000 Lb. units..... And the stainless steel rate that I used was for 304 grade... the better grades of stainless sell for even more per Lb.... the iron/steel scrap rate given was for the best possible grade of iron/steel scrap..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'm just curious where you got those values from? Regardless, it would have been a simple correction that would save a lot of headaches. I'm more thinking of the retainers being stainless, not the bolts. If GM let every w-car out with a stainless exhaust system, surely a few retainers made from ss wouldn't have killed them. They just didn't think it was needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeb80 Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 anyone watch the fireworks fight....lol http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-945587440502961685&q=oldsmobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian P Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeb80 Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 that dudes head got Pwned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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