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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I don't put stainless on the exhaust system.
The stainless nuts and bolts always seize together.
Germans use stainless bolts and studs and brass nuts, that seems to work. 304 Stainless has bad cohesion problems.
You may be able to get a header.
Might not have a converter but who cares.
My friend put a header on his Toyota Tacoma. He found places that sold them for $200 to $300 but we're always sold out, a new dealer manifold was $430.
He got a new header for $120.
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Use the copper high temp anti-seize to help mitigate that, double nut it if you're worried about it being too lubricidous and walking the nuts off over time. Or as you said brass, bronze, or even plain steel nuts will not gall to stainless, and sometimes even different types of stainless will work (ie. 316 [standard hardware stainless] bolts with inconel nuts.)