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Title: Stock turbo diesel exhaust manifold material (NiCr 202)
Post by: saurkraut on May 25, 2009, 03:06:58 pm
Nickle Chrome 202 (NiCr 202).  Same stuff that the K24 turbine housing is made of:

(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z236/dieselkraftstoff/SSPX0469.jpg)

Explains why HSS drills have a tough time drilling EGT probe holes.  Cobalt bits go through it like a hot knife through butter. ;)