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uprated headbolts - zx_volcane - 15-01-2013
Hey boys and girls
I'm very much considering getting some uprated headbolts / studs for my rebuild.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Are there any alternatives to ARP + shims?
Thanks taaa muchly
RE: uprated headbolts - 4WayDiablo - 15-01-2013
Suppose you could ask an engineering firm to go out and make some?
RE: uprated headbolts - jammapic - 16-01-2013
Or order them through DP Engineering.
RE: uprated headbolts - Ruan - 16-01-2013
And then find they're wrong?
RE: uprated headbolts - jammapic - 16-01-2013
Mine weren't at all. Just needed some new head spacers making up and they were only £25!
JP
RE: uprated headbolts - zx_volcane - 17-01-2013
Looks like I'm going to have to bend over either way then
RE: uprated headbolts - strictly_perv - 17-01-2013
f*cking ratchet strap that shit down!
But yes they will be expensive. I have been trying to find what cars may have similar size threads (m12x1.5??) But havn't had much luck
RE: uprated headbolts - zx_volcane - 17-01-2013
I ended up torquing my head bolts down again after the head started blowing into the coolant , which calmed it down a lot - but it went again after a couple of thousand miles. I don't fancy having to go through this again with a new engine build.
Ratchet strap coud be the answer though!
Does anyone know how getting a place to make you a set of headbolts compares with cost of a set of arp + shims (approx £300)?
RE: uprated headbolts - Ruan - 17-01-2013
My set was less than 200 with the correct spacers etc... No import taxes to arse round with or shipping from Denmark...
That's why the DP ones from ARP are silly money because by the time you've got them to your door, realised they're still wrong, had spacers machined etc, they're nigh on 400 quid...