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10/29/2010, 02:20 PM
What Is The $297.17 Ducati Screw? (http://jalopnik.com/5676509/what-is-the-29717-ducati-screw)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/10/500x_very_special_screw.jpgOfficially listed in Pro Italia's catalog as "Ducati OEM Special Screw," what on earth could make a screw so special that it'd cost $300? Just as importantly, why do you need eight of them?
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/10/500x_special_schematic.jpg
Turns out the screw is needed to hold Ducati's race-spec engines together, specifically the 197 HP 989cc V4 of the Ducati Desmosedici RR MotoGP replica and the 1199cc v-twin of the $40,000 Ducati 1198 R.
The screw itself is made from heat-forged Japanese steel and bolts the connecting rods together and is a Ducati Corse item, which means it's a specially made factory hop up part.
Still thinking an Italian superbike might be an affordable entry into exotic motoring? [Pro Italia]
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/10/500x_very_special_screw.jpgOfficially listed in Pro Italia's catalog as "Ducati OEM Special Screw," what on earth could make a screw so special that it'd cost $300? Just as importantly, why do you need eight of them?
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/10/500x_special_schematic.jpg
Turns out the screw is needed to hold Ducati's race-spec engines together, specifically the 197 HP 989cc V4 of the Ducati Desmosedici RR MotoGP replica and the 1199cc v-twin of the $40,000 Ducati 1198 R.
The screw itself is made from heat-forged Japanese steel and bolts the connecting rods together and is a Ducati Corse item, which means it's a specially made factory hop up part.
Still thinking an Italian superbike might be an affordable entry into exotic motoring? [Pro Italia]