head gasket bolts
 

hey guys and girls. yesterday i finished changing my valve cover gaskets and i was wondering, i saw these bolts. i was wonderoing if they r the bolts to tighten down my head gasket, they looked like 12mm allen head bolts. r these the ones i retorque down to tihgten my hg? and if those were them, would i just loosen them to get to my hg? if so, changin a hg would be a very easy job. i changed my gaskets quite easily. pics will be up soon.

head studs
 

those things are called head studs. people usually torque them down to 75 ft-lbs. you should tighten them again after 600 miles by the way, torque them down to 85 ft-lbs.

He said allen head bolts so im guessing they are head bolts not studs and yes those are the ones you take out and no its deffinatly not a easy process. Trust me i have done it twice now. If you do replace it I HIGHLY reccomend from experience get the metal HKS gasket and ARP headbolts. It will save you money in the longrun.

o i know, ill be doing it in a few months. im workign 3 jobs now and am racking in the money. ill ahve this beast with over 300 hp by summer i hope. im getti na new ic, bov, turbo, mhg. all that good stuff. and im hoping to do it all myself, and if needed ill take into my auto class, or just ask my dad, he works magic with his cars. all the work i do i do in my driveway. thats the beast w/o cam covers.

o and can sum1 tell em what this is please.

that would be your stock bov

bov = blow off valve

it's a valve that controls the air that was forced into your intake but didn't get used when you close the throttle that forced air needs to escape or it could cause the turbo to back spin