Bolts? Studs?

oregonjoe · 01-12-2010, 02:56 AM

I found that when I removed the old Head bolts, they were damaged by the coolant fluid from the head gasket leak and could/would not reuse them. It alot of money and time to redo a head so the small extra expense to put new studs in is worth it in my opinion.

I used studs and really like how they torgued down to 90 lbs compared to 70 on stock.

Metal head gaskets can and should be torqued down more then stock. At $250 for the set I'd tell you dad its a deal and helps avoids paying more to redo the job again sooner then you might want.

Only thing about Metal Head gaskets is the amount of work to really, really, really clean up both the block deck and head surfaces as they will need to be perfect.

Studs run about $40 more then bolts ($140) but allow you torque down more. For a NA it is not such a big deal but for turbo ...

01-12-2010, 02:56 AM	#7
oregonjoe 3" Exhaust Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Oregon Coast Posts: 83	Studs I found that when I removed the old Head bolts, they were damaged by the coolant fluid from the head gasket leak and could/would not reuse them. It alot of money and time to redo a head so the small extra expense to put new studs in is worth it in my opinion. I used studs and really like how they torgued down to 90 lbs compared to 70 on stock. Metal head gaskets can and should be torqued down more then stock. At $250 for the set I'd tell you dad its a deal and helps avoids paying more to redo the job again sooner then you might want. Only thing about Metal Head gaskets is the amount of work to really, really, really clean up both the block deck and head surfaces as they will need to be perfect. Studs run about $40 more then bolts ($140) but allow you torque down more. For a NA it is not such a big deal but for turbo ...