ARP Studs

[neuralracing]

Anyone know the cheapest place to get ARP Studs? Also, should I buy the main bearing cap alignment kit? What benefit will that provide?

Should I get the ARP Head Studs and the ARP Main Studs... I removed my head to take it to a machine shop and I do not recall removing so many bolts... Are the main studs and the head studs all accesible with just removing the head from the block?

 

[stangtt]

Most of the shops have ARPs for the same price around $90 or so. You can sometimes find a deal for less on ebay though.
If you have your head off, definitely use ARP studs to reassemble it. If you don't have your engine out of the car, you can't do the main studs. They aren't accessable from above!

 

[neuralracing]

Thanks for the clarification... I was wondering because I only got a few bolts off and here I see all these different ARP studs and didn't know which ones to buy.

 

[stangtt]

NP.. Make sure you get the 1g specific studs as they are a different size.

 

[neuralracing]

Are they?? I thought the only thing you had to specify was either 6 bolt or 7 bolt...

Is this a good deal?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2476403365

 

[stangtt]

That's what I ment. 6 bolt specific. The ebay deal doesn't seem to be that cheap. Thats about what you would pay for each seperately.
Most guys here use the mitsu 4 layer or Cometic gasket rather then the copper as well.

 

[neuralracing]

Yeah I am looking at getting the Cometic. That ebay deal includes both the main and the head studs though (I think)... which would make it a good deal. The reason I asked was because I didn't know ho good that gasket was... and it looks like Im better off getting the Cometic.

Thanks man!!!