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ARP head stud kit
Just got done installing my stud kit and my heads. All I have to say is that if your heads are off, buy this stud kit! It beats having to go through 3 times and tighten the **** out of the stock style bolts. This just made my install a breeze. Best part about these is I had no problem slipping my heads on with the motor in the car. Speed Inc said the last two studs on the pass. side would have to be put in with the head on but that doesnt matter. The heads will still go on with them installed.
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
Don't you have to go back and retorque the ARP studs?
You can't beleive the difference between trying to torque to a specific degree and just pulling till you feel it clicks. Fact is, how many of us actually have a torque degree wheel, probably less than 1% who use torque to yeild head bolts. Everyone just eye-***** it with a line drawn on the head bolts. Add on top of that trying to do the back bolts on both sides really sucks on f-body's.
The $230 for the head studs was well worth it in my oppinion.
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
Don't you have to go back and retorque the ARP studs?
By retorque I mean like a week or so after running it? pulling the intake off, valve covers, rocker arms, headers and everything to get to all the bolts?
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
By retorque I mean like a week or so after running it? pulling the intake off, valve covers, rocker arms, headers and everything to get to all the bolts?
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
Well, after I installed my heads it was the end of my day working on the car. So the next day before I continued I put the torque wrench on and checked all of the studs and they were fine.
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Originally Posted by Mike94ZLT1
I think you're supposed to retorque them after the engine has been ran, not after its been sitting, like they might need to heat cycle or something?
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are you talking about actually torquing the studs three times or the nuts? I was told that you just tighten the studs down till they bottom out? Then if the setup is new, are you install the head, you torque them down three times with incrementing foot pounds because they have never stretched before. Mine were out of a friends car, so i just installed them till the bottomed out and then put the nuts down and ran through the torque sequence.
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Originally Posted by MeanGreenLT1
are you talking about actually torquing the studs three times or the nuts? I was told that you just tighten the studs down till they bottom out? Then if the setup is new, are you install the head, you torque them down three times with incrementing foot pounds because they have never stretched before. Mine were out of a friends car, so i just installed them till the bottomed out and then put the nuts down and ran through the torque sequence.
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Correct, studs are to be threaded in by hand- no torqing. Some people back em out a tad just to make sure of heat expansion interference but thats not really an issue. If you cannot install the studs by hand then you nead to clean your threads out better.
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Originally Posted by Bo White
Correct, studs are to be threaded in by hand- no torqing. Some people back em out a tad just to make sure of heat expansion interference but thats not really an issue. If you cannot install the studs by hand then you nead to clean your threads out better.
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The hell with retorquing them, just over torque them the first time, that way if they lose any TQ they still have plenty of clamping force. I torqued mine to about 75ft lbs, which is a little more than is called for.
Set it and forget it, lol, I hate going back and doing the same **** twice.
Set it and forget it, lol, I hate going back and doing the same **** twice.
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Originally Posted by blu1
I was planning to use the ARP head bolts with my install. Would you guys recommend the ARP head stud kit and just use the GM head bolts?
-Better clamping force
-Consistent torquing down(100% vertical force applied when torquing compared to bolts where you apply horozontal force)
-Reusable
-Never have to clean the bolt holes in the block out again.