Do I really need studs?
#31
Well i'm not suggesting that somebody grabs a cheap torque wrench that is 20+ years old and start wrenching it down to 140+ pounds. I'm saying 80 bucks for a set of stock bolts is a huge savings and I can replace a lot of headgaskets for the savings in price on studs. You need a good accurate wrench, and you need a good lube to torque with. ARP lube works probably the best. Going slow is key when using bolts. This is just the way I look at things I've put engines together with bolts and I've put them together with studs. Bolts and O-rings are way cheaper.
I havent put mine to the test yet but Ill let yall know how it goes when I start gettin some extra pressure in there.
#32
While I still partially disagree I will say that yes studs are a piece of mind, however boost still has nothing to do with blowing headgaskets. Its cylinder pressure. Yea without the right mixture of alot of things 80lbs will pop a gasket. I would rather have a head o-ringed and run stock bolts much more than i wanna go throwing 400 dollars down on studs.
#33
Well i'm not suggesting that somebody grabs a cheap torque wrench that is 20+ years old and start wrenching it down to 140+ pounds. I'm saying 80 bucks for a set of stock bolts is a huge savings and I can replace a lot of headgaskets for the savings in price on studs. You need a good accurate wrench, and you need a good lube to torque with. ARP lube works probably the best. Going slow is key when using bolts. This is just the way I look at things I've put engines together with bolts and I've put them together with studs. Bolts and O-rings are way cheaper.
#34
Do I really need studs?
While I still partially disagree I will say that yes studs are a piece of mind, however boost still has nothing to do with blowing headgaskets. Its cylinder pressure. Yea without the right mixture of alot of things 80lbs will pop a gasket. I would rather have a head o-ringed and run stock bolts much more than i wanna go throwing 400 dollars down on studs.
Look at it this way, 6.0 powerstroke... You wouldn't fix the head problems that they have and put stock bolts back in overtorqued... Why? Because you're not fixing the root of the problem. If you want to fix something you're better off doing it the right way and not being cheap about it.
Just because the studs themselves don't add power doesn't mean you should save your money for something that does. Supporting mods before performance mods and you're truck won't have down-time!!!
#35
Studs in a 6.0 is not fixing the root problem so what are you getting at here?
I have never heard of guys having problems with o-rings?
Once again, this is the way I look at things. If you don't like that well fine I don't really care. My time is cheap and for a truck that isn't being built to blow dynos up bolts work like a champ be they stockers or allen bolts from pappy. If your head and deck are flat and you have o-rings then I'd say its good to go.
I have two engines torn apart right now this whole thread really makes me want to build a 600+ horse engine and BOLT the head on.
I have never heard of guys having problems with o-rings?
Once again, this is the way I look at things. If you don't like that well fine I don't really care. My time is cheap and for a truck that isn't being built to blow dynos up bolts work like a champ be they stockers or allen bolts from pappy. If your head and deck are flat and you have o-rings then I'd say its good to go.
I have two engines torn apart right now this whole thread really makes me want to build a 600+ horse engine and BOLT the head on.
#36
Do I really need studs?
Studs in a 6.0 is not fixing the root problem so what are you getting at here?
I have never heard of guys having problems with o-rings?
Once again, this is the way I look at things. If you don't like that well fine I don't really care. My time is cheap and for a truck that isn't being built to blow dynos up bolts work like a champ be they stockers or allen bolts from pappy. If your head and deck are flat and you have o-rings then I'd say its good to go.
I have two engines torn apart right now this whole thread really makes me want to build a 600+ horse engine and BOLT the head on.
I have never heard of guys having problems with o-rings?
Once again, this is the way I look at things. If you don't like that well fine I don't really care. My time is cheap and for a truck that isn't being built to blow dynos up bolts work like a champ be they stockers or allen bolts from pappy. If your head and deck are flat and you have o-rings then I'd say its good to go.
I have two engines torn apart right now this whole thread really makes me want to build a 600+ horse engine and BOLT the head on.
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