Ok fellas. Most of you know that I made some head studs for my 7.3IDI turbo. I sent off some studs for testing and they got lost in the mail uninsured. More recently I found better way to cut the threads. I did cut the threads on my studs and they feel just as good if not better than the broken rolled studs I had. So anyways I sent in 2 studs for a pull to failure test. One test will be with the threads screwed in and another will be just a material test to make sure its good. I talked to the lab today and in the next week they should get to them. This semester at school has been killer, but only a few weeks left so maybe I can finalize the verdict on these. I will post up as soon as I get the results. It was a major pain with me being away from home at school and trying to make more studs to get testing on. I cant work on my truck until summer anyways so I was less than motivated. Now only 3 more weeks left so I will get somewhere with this.
Head stud update :)
- Thread starter Joejohn
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Optikalillushun
Registered User
awsome!
stick with it, all the hard work will pay off.
stick with it, all the hard work will pay off.
riotwarrior
Full Access Member
Thanks for the update.....always good to keep the animals fed or at least watered with a little update now n then.
seawalkersee
It needs a turbo...
Soooo...why not just get a set of studs that are already available? Is the the satisfaction of doing it yourself? Or will they be stronger? Cheaper? Or all of the above? Not trying to make fun, just wondering?
SWS
SWS
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tractorman86
Registered User
me too!
If all goes well they should be far stronger than ARP studs and not break like past studs that have been produced by other company's. I spent 675.00 on a set of studs and never got to start my truck. You know what I got.......not a damn thing besides broken off studs in my block and unanswered replacements or refund! The motor to this day has never even had fuel in the fuel pump. I just decided to build my own and finish my truck the right way.
seawalkersee
It needs a turbo...
Solid...So, what kind of studs did you have?
Chris
Chris
tractorman86
Registered User
wow sorry to hear that. it is cool that you are taking it into your own hands if you wanna sell some once you get them dialed in let me know.
seawalkersee
It needs a turbo...
Update?
SWS
SWS
seawalkersee
It needs a turbo...
Yearly update?
SWS
SWS
phazertwo
Die Summer DIE!
Yeah, I would like a update too. Rolled threads are stronger than cut threads, so I don't see cut threads working out. Just my .02!
PZ
PZ
