Changing head gaskets with head studs?
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Changing head gaskets with head studs? Hey guys just wondering if you can answer a question for me. When I installed my AFR's I used the ARP head studs. Now I want to pull the heads and change head gaskets. My question is, do I have to remove the studs or can I leave them in? Leaving them in would save alot time when it comes to cleaning the bolt holes for coolant? Thanks guys!
Pull the heads and use the cometics over if they were not leaking. No need to remove studs. If you want to use a thicker cometic gasket, just put it on. FWIW, if I need to remove studs for some reason, I stick a piece of 1/4" syten tubing down each lower water pump port and siphon out coolant. This will get coolant level just below block and allow head removal without coolant spillage, worse yet , coolant in bolt holes.
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I'll be pulling the cometics and running the factory MLS gaskets. are you saying there will be no clean up necessary because cometics where on there? Can you explain in a bit more detail about syphoning the coolant? Isn't there any drain plugs in the block to drain the coolant?
Nooooooo, don't run those thick *** MLS gaskets. One of the reasons you make power with such little pinging is your tight quench. Keep the cometics you have. And keep the studs in the block. All this is just my opinion of course.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
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But Patrick my CR is 11.8 right now-it really limits me to cam choices without flycutting. Installing the MLS gasket will bring me down to 11.35. I thought my CR was 11.5 checking the sticky up above but every formula I check shows 11.8. I don't think that using the thicker gasket will introduce a detonation problem-didn't you use the MLS when you first installed the AFR's? Now since I have longtubes I really think a mild cam will make these AFR's shine even more than they already do!
