can you use a helicoil kit on cast iron?

oil return bolt holes stripped on my turbo. quite pissed. have the right size helicoil kit left over from my head repair. need to know if i can use it on cast iron. anyone have experience with this? please no guesses…expensive ass turbo. thanks

any help is appreciated, in advance. :slight_smile:

wish I could help you out. Either brian or the Hybrid guys should beable to help you out though.:wink:

good luck.

i’ve heard of hard core guys stripping motors down and heli-coiling EVERYTHING

figured it out on my own, answer is yes…to anyone in the future who may need to do this. :slight_smile: you can helicoil cast iron. the helicoil kits are pretty much universal. i just did this on my turbo & have been through a couple heat cycles & it is still holding strong. thanks guys for replying but sometimes you just need to gamble i guess. LOL