adollarwodbnice
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- Mar 9, 2010
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Mays Landing,
New_Jersey
Well, after literally a full month of having the head off I finally got my buddy's tap and die set and I was able to get the last ARP head stud in. I go to drop the head on and it goes on maybe an inch....
I tried several different ways to make this work and it just would not go down. So, I took my spare head that's completely bare and it dropped down perfectly. Pulled a stud out to check tolerances and sure enough my bolt holes are too narrow for the ARPs... even stock bolts I had on were kinda tight.
The spare head I had was from either a 90 or 91 but I have no idea what my head came off of.
Does this mean I need to get a different set of ARPs? Do they make different thicknesses? I'm tempted to go with stock bolts because they will fit but I don't wanna blow another head gasket.
Not really sure what to do at this point since I just spent 250 to have my built head decked, hot tanked, fully reassembled to proper specs, pressure tested, and is completely ready to be dropped on...
I tried several different ways to make this work and it just would not go down. So, I took my spare head that's completely bare and it dropped down perfectly. Pulled a stud out to check tolerances and sure enough my bolt holes are too narrow for the ARPs... even stock bolts I had on were kinda tight.
The spare head I had was from either a 90 or 91 but I have no idea what my head came off of.
Does this mean I need to get a different set of ARPs? Do they make different thicknesses? I'm tempted to go with stock bolts because they will fit but I don't wanna blow another head gasket.
Not really sure what to do at this point since I just spent 250 to have my built head decked, hot tanked, fully reassembled to proper specs, pressure tested, and is completely ready to be dropped on...