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Old 06-03-2010, 09:21 PM
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Love the ARP's on both my trucks.
 

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have known too many people with broken a-1 studs. just add some arp's and replace them one at a time. you just need to bottom tap the holes and go. It will hold for a while like this. When you have to do a head gasket surface and o-ring the head.
 
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Yeah that's what I think I'm gonna do. So basically I might go to the nadm get together in Hebron Ohio tomorrow, Saturday. I wouldn't mind throwing the super b special on tonight and running the dyno tomorrow so I don't miss the chance... Do you think I'll be ok for a dyno run on stock bolts or should I at least torque the stock bolts to 110 for now or something?
 
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Old 06-04-2010, 11:41 AM
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it should handle 3 pulls. it could last a long time that way, but to save yourself some cash on having to remove the whole head because you blew the head gasket don't wait long to add studs
 
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Old 06-04-2010, 01:38 PM
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Haha true true. Unfortunately I learned I HAVE to work tomorrow so there goes that idea... No dyno... New turbo will go on Monday...
 
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So the turbo kit came in the mail today... They forgot the turbo clamp... Typical
 
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I seen your truck on youtube awhile back
 
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Ok, so update. The turbo is on. Its absolutely sick! But... My egt's are significantly higher than they were before. If I punch it in 3rd gear with the converter locked, it spools decent, and rises very fast to 44 PSI, but within a second or two i'm already at like 1400 on the egt's. It never ran that hot before. Im pleased with how the truck runs, its just soooo hot now... I figured that the turbo would make it run cooler, but it's the opposite. I towed my car trailer last night with my jeep Cherokee mud toy on it, prolly 7k LBS of weight, and i had trouble keeping the egt's under 1100 to 1300 degrees while on very slight inclines. I was having to slow down, kick out of overdrive, and throw the torque locker on with overdrive off to stay in the 1000 range... So now im thinking i may have to do a manifold and an intake horn to spool faster and lower temps... Or am i wasting my money? Maybe water/meth injection? And i still have to do studs...
 
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