Originally Posted by 2.6lrex

hey benny my h2b plate is time serted, right ion stock at my local machine shop when i was in a jam

Originally Posted by Topdawgg

well, i doubt anyone around here has Timesert's

Originally Posted by E Town DSM

Golden Eagle\AEBS\A1 tech will split the block in half due to the way they bottom out against the bottom of the block

Originally Posted by 5Star_

i spoke to bob on your situation and time insert is your only solution.best bet is to send it back to Golden eagle,have them inspect it to see if you need to oversize it ,and have them install one or all in your block

Originally Posted by 2point2

They should have a fastenal or brafaso in halifax? That's a good place to start.

Originally Posted by 2point2

looks like p/n J-42385-507BS is all over ebay.

Originally Posted by Topdawgg

ill try fastenal tomorrow.. didnt even think about them..
if not, ebay it is, as long as my machine shop can do time serts

Originally Posted by ExospeedAMcrx

We invested in all the Timesert kits years ago and they are well worth it for shops/builders who do alot of blocks. Each kit is about $400-500 so the average racer isnt going to buy it. Look for a local shop or any of the engine builders who specialise in Hondas in your area to see if they have any of the Timeserts.

Helicoil is NEVER a solution for head stud threads. Thats bad news right there. Most likely the standard Timesert wont work if its already helicoiled. There is a chance that the Bigsert, which is the oversized thread insert after the standard one may work.

The way it works is the existing threads are drilled out and the smoothed out. Its kinda of like "sleeving" a thread. You're prepping the existing thread and overboring the hole to accept a new sleeve. So the Bigsert is pretty much a bigger thread sleeve.

In my opinion, timeserts are stronger than the original threads themselves. You're not worrying stripping the threads when you have to torque down the head like you do with OEM.

Timeserts are only sold through certain distributors so check out www.timesert.com for the nearest distributor near you. They can also help you find a local place that may carry machinist tools. Some may stock certain timesert kits. But pretty much for the Honda stuff, you have to go to distributors like threadkits.com

Originally Posted by 95exdsmkilla

Never ever put helicoil on stud hole or anything in that matter .... it won't work. you have to think your torquing 80+ftlbs and you think heilcoil or timeserts will repair it? lol
not to mention, OP's car is boosted.

to the OP, just get a different block or you can just take it to the machine shop with different size stud and im sure they'll take care of you.
yes, you'd have to drill your cyl. head out to fit oversize studs but most machine shops do that so no worries.

hope this help you out buddy.

Originally Posted by twkdCD595

Any first hand information you can share that would show a timesert to not work or how you determined they dont work. If honda-tech's search was not so wack, its been discussed a few times and people have sucessfully used timeserts in boosted application without issue. In fact they are stronger than the original threads in the block.

I would agree on the HC though.

Edit: Timeserts are expensive though and you might weigh the cost of them installed vs the cost of having block/ head machined for larger headstud and new studs.