Xotic head studs?
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I have no problem spending money on ARP. I've done SBF stuff for years, and within the past 2 years started using LS engines. Lots of "new to me" brands is why I ask.
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If its truly max effort he's going to blow the gasket out, bend a rod, or experience other levels of carnage no matter what fastener is on it because the point of max effort is to find the limit.
Also hard to get sometimes and customer service sucks ****.
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I got 3 years at 900+ HP with a stock 5.3 on ebay studs without any issues.
When I took them out and boxed them up, they rusted immediately which seemed odd to me. Other than that, no problems.
I certainly wouldn't have called it a max effort build. It was my daily and was a 95% stock long block.
Max effort is to find the limit without it being obvious, not to purposely skimp out on parts knowing they will likely be your failure point.
When I took them out and boxed them up, they rusted immediately which seemed odd to me. Other than that, no problems.
I certainly wouldn't have called it a max effort build. It was my daily and was a 95% stock long block.
Max effort is to find the limit without it being obvious, not to purposely skimp out on parts knowing they will likely be your failure point.
Hence why I replaced the nuts. Not entirely sure why you started the thread if you already didn't like them.
True, I got well over 900hp out of them for years and still going strong in another car. Point is doesn't matter what you buy it can all fail. Kinda like ebay turbos in the 6's now, is it a likely failure point or likely to last longer than a Precision 
I got 3 years at 900+ HP with a stock 5.3 on ebay studs without any issues.
When I took them out and boxed them up, they rusted immediately which seemed odd to me. Other than that, no problems.
I certainly wouldn't have called it a max effort build. It was my daily and was a 95% stock long block.
Max effort is to find the limit without it being obvious, not to purposely skimp out on parts knowing they will likely be your failure point.
When I took them out and boxed them up, they rusted immediately which seemed odd to me. Other than that, no problems.
I certainly wouldn't have called it a max effort build. It was my daily and was a 95% stock long block.
Max effort is to find the limit without it being obvious, not to purposely skimp out on parts knowing they will likely be your failure point.
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Personally I wouldn't pay $180 for any off brand, that's too close to wholesale price of ARP so it doesn't make sense. The knockoffs are sold under 100 different "brands" at all different price points, Summit even sells them but the price is closer to $80 which makes sense.
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I started the thread about Xotic. I can see nobody here has used, or heard of them, which was my question. There were other brands/companies of parts I had never heard of either until I started playing with LS stuff. I do appreciate the feedback.
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Hence why I replaced the nuts. Not entirely sure why you started the thread if you already didn't like them.
True, I got well over 900hp out of them for years and still going strong in another car. Point is doesn't matter what you buy it can all fail. Kinda like ebay turbos in the 6's now, is it a likely failure point or likely to last longer than a Precision
True, I got well over 900hp out of them for years and still going strong in another car. Point is doesn't matter what you buy it can all fail. Kinda like ebay turbos in the 6's now, is it a likely failure point or likely to last longer than a Precision
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You’ll find here on Tech that discussions about specific items very rarely stay on topic, and usually make sharp turns with opinions and hijacking. Classic Tech.
So this topic on Xotic studs started about a year ago so doesn't seem like too bad of a bump 
Anyone else use the studs or view the quality up close and if so is it just reboxed china with inflated cost or do they have a little more love put into them?
Anyone else use the studs or view the quality up close and if so is it just reboxed china with inflated cost or do they have a little more love put into them?