Retorquing ARP head studs

[Clb]

cheap out on engineering????! nope!
the fact that you get away with cutting corners don't make it right!
why even use a torque wrench if ya don't read the directions "once"?

in all honesty I've never interacted with many of the keyboard guru"s.... but I am willing to meet on their dime to prove the math to me.
no way the values are met dry.

BUT I'm starring at a pile of dead soldiers.....

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

I like to abide by the MANUFACTURERS
recommendations.

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Did this go on both sides of the stud or just the nut side? Since there's a blind hole and the torque value isnt determined by the bottom hole torque. I'm all for doing what's right, i am still not sold on the engine girdle kit or piston shaving yet though haha.

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

cheap out on engineering????! nope!
the fact that you get away with cutting corners don't make it right!
why even use a torque wrench if ya don't read the directions "once"?

in all honesty I've never interacted with many of the keyboard guru"s.... but I am willing to meet on their dime to prove the math to me.
no way the values are met dry.

BUT I'm starring at a pile of dead soldiers.....

Well he said an engine assembly lube can be used, not dry.

 

[IDIoit]

i used the lube on both ends.

i was sold on the girdle and the bottom stud kit from the jump

i didnt shave the slugs, but i did have them ceramic coated.

 

[Clb]

hmmmm,,,,thus he saves $$$, not adding packaging.this=bux in pocket, with a disclaimer????
Monsanto's rep told me at a plant nursery, they claimed in the 80's an individual could drink a qt of roundup and be fine,,,, read agent orange.
TRUTH IN advertising ... not so much.
now dry installs were common and worked fine. BUT.
as I recall studs are set into the bore run down and backed out a half turn with threadlocker?!
stirrrr
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stirrr

 

[Mikey89014]

Ah, just realized you guys are talkin about the 7.3. My 6.9 says 80ft lbs, but i went to 87 like the book..

 

[tbrumm]

Yes, I ordered the ARP lube as well and will be using it when I finally get around to installing the studs. ARP did not spend all that R & D money just so someone could say "oh, that ARP lube isn't necessary". If you go back a number of years before the magic ARP lube, ARP required a re-torque procedure on the studs. With this new lube, ARP is confident enough to say in the install instructions that a re-torque is not required.

 

[IDIoit]

Ah, just realized you guys are talkin about the 7.3. My 6.9 says 80ft lbs, but i went to 87 like the book..

with studs or bolts?

 

[Shawn MacAnanny]

i used the lube on both ends.

i was sold on the girdle and the bottom stud kit from the jump

i didnt shave the slugs, but i did have them ceramic coated.

Are the blocks really that weak? I see benefit in an aluminum block but these blocks seemed pretty solid to me.

It was $22 for a 10 ounce bottle.... he could just mark them up to $580 and still sell them $30 less than summit, and be making $150 more than he is now.

I think 150ft lb is what they are supposed to be torqued to

 

[Mikey89014]

with studs or bolts?

studs

 

[IDIoit]

Are the blocks really that weak? I see benefit in an aluminum block but these blocks seemed pretty solid to me.

It was $22 for a 10 ounce bottle.... he could just mark them up to $580 and still sell them $30 less than summit, and be making $150 more than he is now.

I think 150ft lb is what they are supposed to be torqued to

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[tbrumm]

It was $22 for a 10 ounce bottle.... he could just mark them up to $580 and still sell them $30 less than summit, and be making $150 more than he is now.

Let's not give Justin any ideas - these studs are expensive enough already