Snapped titanium screws.

[Jonathan]

I replaced all the scews on my car a long time ago for titanium ones , no problems.

Racing on sunday after completing a qualifying round just fine I felt some lumps in my undertray ! The heads had sheared off about eight rather important screws !

The screws looked to have a weak point, like the heads were too deep ? Has anybody suffered with the same problem ? Im tempted to go for stainless steel now ?

[jimmy]

Yeah i think they were speed mind the ones I had - heads too deep leaving a tiny ammount of material keeping the head on - snap!

Better quality screws me thinks.

I don't like stainless screws - the ones I've had in the past were crap.

[Jonathan]

Ok, so not a unique occurance, cheers Jimmy. These were 3 racing, can anyone recommend a good source of titanium or stainless ?

[Mike Hudson]

northy (nortech racing) should be able to sort you out stainless screws ) can't recommend any ti screws to you as I've seen too many different brands snap on the threads, head, random places etc too many times, there too brittle,

[Alfonzo]

In terms of the best material for doing the job, you won't really beat steel. The advantage of Titanium is minimal at best, good for showing off but ain't gonna do much on the track, especially if they snap! Stainless steel is nice insomuch as it won't rust, but is a little weaker than regular steel.

[mark christopher]

TIR racing

they make screws for mclaren F1 team of the same material