Brand spank new from the box. After trying to torque the head down to 80lbs, it wouldn't click. At first I thought I had the dreaded stripped block, after taking off the head. I saw this...

I hope ARP gonna send me a new one..

 

Damn wtf, talk about weak! Seriously, AEBS need to make studs for a LS motor

 

thats no good. they have to replace that.

hey, in your sig it says 110 octane, 1 gallon @ 112 and 3 gallons @ 93.

i dont see how that is 110?

 

Damn, that's scary!

 

here is what mine look like:




i broke 2 while i was tryin to take them off.
they were torqued to 60 lbs with moly lube, just like arp said..

i called and talked to Ron F. we told me they may have gotten a bad heat treatin, he send me a new set.. you might wanna call and see what they can do for you.

 

 

"Damn wtf, talk about weak! Seriously, AEBS need to make studs for a LS motor"

they do

 

damn, that's kinda scary

 

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Whats up with there quality assurance?!?!

 

i guess it might be better off with stock head bolts?......

 

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No really, that sucks. That is unheard of from ARP. I hope mine don't do that. BTW how many uses were on the headstuds?

-Ryan

 

I talked to AEBS last month and they said they didn't make head studs for the B18b This post doesn't sway me away from using ARP head studs. Thousands of people have used them with no problems. I will be using them on my current build. ARP will take care of this problem.

 

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they do</TD></TR></TABLE>

show me.. ive never seen them

 

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i changed ~3-4 HG in a span of 2 weeks. they were new when i bought them.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 0x64 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> This post doesn't sway me away from using ARP head studs. Thousands of people have used them with no problems. I will be using them on my current build. ARP will take care of this problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>
me either.
they took care of the problem for me..
with as many fasteners as they seel, a few are bound to be bad.. i just got lucky .
i put the new studs in and everything is fine as far as head studs go..

 

Damn IM glad i got AEBS for my b16 build....

 

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i changed ~3-4 HG in a span of 2 weeks. they were new when i bought them.
me either.
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Holy sh*t! Were the headstuds the reason for so many gasket changes? I would think so. I would be pissed. I hate doing headgaskets.

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they took care of the problem for me..
with as many fasteners as they seel, a few are bound to be bad.. i just got lucky .
i put the new studs in and everything is fine as far as head studs go..</TD></TR></TABLE>

My thoughts exactly.

 

I never would have dreamed something that hard could do that with only 60 lbs of torque....
hello, AEBS?

 

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Holy sh*t! Were the headstuds the reason for so many gasket changes? I would think so. I would be pissed. I hate doing headgaskets.
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no, there was a bunch of different problems..
warped head
coolant leaking in through IM (i guess), ifound coolant in #4 so i pulled the head
there was a few other one too..

i can change a d series head in ~1 hour now... by myself..


llewsirc &lt;--- @ servions house

 

ben from importparts.com sold, me some sorry i was thinking of arp


Modified by love2xlr8integra at 9:08 PM 4/26/2004