greekgodchaos
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jul 4, 2007
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Vancouver,
Washington
So! I was in need of an oil change this weekend and also had my 4g63 Hyundai Valve Cover lying around, so I painted it and put it on, and when i went to tighten the bolts down I found that the 3 back holes were completely stripped and I was also missing two of those special Hyndai bolts. Anywho, I decided to just bite the bullet and convert the bolts to studs, so I went to Ace/Parkrose Hardware, got me some 2" and 1" studs, unfortunately all the metric studs they had were too short so I just grabbed me some Hardened Steel 1/4-20 {bottom} / 1/4-28 {top} studs and just tapped the holes in the head to accept the 1/4-20 threads, Loctited them in, and now im just waiting a few more hours for the loctite to fully cure. I also had to get some metal sleeves to act as spacers since the Hyndai VC bolt holes are larger than the OEM VC, but everythig went on fairly well!
8*x 2" 1/4-28 / 1/4-28 Hardened Steel Studs**
6x 1" 1/4-28 / 1/4-28 Hardened Steel Studs**
1x Small Tube of High Strength Loctite
1x 1/4-20 Tap
14x 1/4 Washers
14x 1/4 Lock Washers
14x 1/4-28 Nuts (I used castle nuts but you can use whatever you want)
*WARNING: of the 8 bolts needed for going around the outside of the valve cover, the top right and bottom right bolts MUST BE SHORTER THAN THE OTHER 2" STUDS. the reason being that the cam gears WILL GET IN THE WAY of you slipping and putting the valve cover on properly! I made this mistake and had to then RotoZip them down so I could get my VC on.Im not sure what is the ideal length so test your ability to put the Valve Cover on with the studs installed before you Loctite (if you choose to) them in.
**NOTE: if you can get long enough Metric Studs then go for it, the only reason I went and converted to Standard is because thats all the store had and I didnt care since I Loctited the Studs in and wont be taking them out.
8*x 2" 1/4-28 / 1/4-28 Hardened Steel Studs**
6x 1" 1/4-28 / 1/4-28 Hardened Steel Studs**
1x Small Tube of High Strength Loctite
1x 1/4-20 Tap
14x 1/4 Washers
14x 1/4 Lock Washers
14x 1/4-28 Nuts (I used castle nuts but you can use whatever you want)
*WARNING: of the 8 bolts needed for going around the outside of the valve cover, the top right and bottom right bolts MUST BE SHORTER THAN THE OTHER 2" STUDS. the reason being that the cam gears WILL GET IN THE WAY of you slipping and putting the valve cover on properly! I made this mistake and had to then RotoZip them down so I could get my VC on.Im not sure what is the ideal length so test your ability to put the Valve Cover on with the studs installed before you Loctite (if you choose to) them in.
**NOTE: if you can get long enough Metric Studs then go for it, the only reason I went and converted to Standard is because thats all the store had and I didnt care since I Loctited the Studs in and wont be taking them out.
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and I will upload some pictures when I get home later. 
