jdmkid_82

i was putting on my arp studs on a d16z6 block and i was torqing one to 60 pounds (which was arp spec) it ripped the threads from the block.. can this be fixed? and how.. thanx

fastrc2

was the stud fully installed into the block?

Hanmin

sucks, hellla, bad.... You can try rethreading it and find a bolt thatll work with it, but thats alot of research you'll have to do. When I stripped a block, I went and got another bare block and swapped everything over. This time try torquing it to factory spec, and use oil=].

jdmkid_82

just about yea.. it wasnt like half way through the stud

1992Si

You will need to take the block to a machine shop and have them drill it out and install a insert.

It's a common thing now day's so any good automotive machine shop can do the lob.

JoeDel

you can try a helicoil set i just got one on friday($53 + tax) im going to give it a try tommorow and ill let you know how it goes. btw it is the same engine

jdmkid_82

w/ the insert put in.. would it make it weaker or stay pretty much the same.. i plan on boosting the motor aswell i have every other perf. parts on the block...if the inserts can hold as good

JoeDel

i havent tried them before but i asked the same ? when my mechanic neighbor suggested them he said they were as strong if not stronger than original and he has used them for years on everything from customers cars to his own mustang, but like i said thats just what he told me and i guess ill have to find out for my self

jdmkid_82

the helicoil are pretty much the same as inserts right? and just as good?

JoeDel

yeah helicoils are inserts thats just a brand name

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sageuvagony

You can use helicoils for something as important as stripped block? If so, that's awsome!

HondatagirlPea

time serts or time inserts are what I had use on a single slam dd. it worked for aslong as i needed and that was it.

on boosted motors you got to worry about the heakifting at high boost levels but i doubt you will have that problem.

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pdiggitydogg

Do NOT use a helicoil for this repair. You need to use time-sert, end of discussion....that or you need to rethread the block to accept a single B series stud (which is m11x1.5)

EkFG

that [freak]ing sucks, id take it in to a machine shop none this hacking bull ****, and settle for an over size.

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pdiggitydogg

Why are you bumping this, youve been told what to do...there is no magic solution.
Get a time sert insert installed or get a single b series stud and have it rethreaded (which may not be possible, depending on the damage)