Sinister_Z28

Hey guys im building my first LS engine and was wondering if i can reuse most of my bolts? I have purchased a short block with head studs so i was wondering if i can reuse my intake bolts, front and rear cover bolts, bell housing bolts, water pump bolts, ect. If not can someone tell me where i can purchase a kit of these bolts. Thanks in advance.

Grimes

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The bolts you just mentioned are fine to reuse.

lusting4ls1

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The only ones that are one and done are the crank pulley bolt and the head bolts I believe

Sinister_Z28

Thanks guys just trying to cover all my bases. can i reuse like my oil pan bolts, flywheel bolts, bell housing bolts?

1BAD98LS1

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Yep, the reason you can not reuse the crank bolt and head bolts are because they have to be torqued down so much that it "stretches" the threads.... in turn when they get put back in they tend to back out. FYI

Burken01

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I would pick up some arp head bolts so you can reuse them in the future, its a good investment. so is a arp crank bolt

Paul Bell

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He's got a block with head studs already.

t_raven

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Main and rod bolts are also torque to yield and should be one use only but people have said they've reused them

lemons12

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DMracing sells some damn nice stainless steel bolts as a set for a really good price. I have replaced almost every single bolt (less 100+mm bolts) on my long block.

If I can spend 4K on a short block, I can spend some money on some nice bolts.

PREDATOR-Z

Replace any TTY bolts.

Sinister_Z28

Thanks for all ur input the new motor will be a forged 408. So what bolts other than head and crank bolt are one time use that are not found in a short block sinse i purchased a assembled short block. Also on head studs do i have to torque the studs in the block or put them in finger tight?

Paul Bell

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Finger tight on them head studs. The thread bore MUST be clean and DRY.

Sinister_Z28

Ok now how would i clean the thread bore. Sorry for all the noob questions but this is my first LSX assembly.

LS1MCSS

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Uh, he already has head studs. Why buy bolts?

Burken01

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good catch sir... To OP are they ARP head studs that you have?

Sinister_Z28

Yes they are ARP Head Studs.

Burken01

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Ok cool, now get a arp crank bolt and your golden..

Sinister_Z28

Yeah i still have a few small things to get still but i hear good stuff about ARP so i though id get there stuff. Any of u guys ran LSA heads? Will the stock exhaust manifolds fit em? I cant seem to find info on them.