Thread: Head stud selection

the deal with the arps is that it was determined that they used an inferior design (non-bottoming) with the regular sr20 stud (the gti-r arp stud however is bottoming). just about every other manufacturer of aftermarket head studs use a bottoming design. i don't see any problem with the cosworth studs. they've been building turbo engines longer than anybody and seem to manufacture well engineered parts.

in one respect to the aems, they were handling over 500whp. i dont find anythnig wrong with arp studs that arent looking to make that excessive horsepower.

Damn Keo thanks for summing it up for me Damn being in Iraq and on a time difference.

Rob, I figured if the block is sitting in my garage, with ARP studs currently on it, I had better pull them off and go with something else. I don't mind the whole OEM head stud setup, but I don't want to leave anything to chance.

EDIT: Just for clarification, as Keo mentioned, I'm going for 500~600whp. The turbine will only support me up to about 550whp, so we'll see.

damn good thing i only plan on 250~ then. wish i would of read that before though good to know.

HOLY BALLS TEKKIE! when did you decide to do this!?

it's old new man!

turbo huh .

but yeah, ok tekkie your going for 500-600 id upgrade the head studs for sure. especially since the motor is apart.

stratton.

haha, Yo Tek we're on the same page, I just picked up a spare motor and a 60-1 turbonetics t04b

Tekk don't just have a spare motor, he's a baller!!

IDK man, it was kinda spur of the moment, I guess. The turbo was going to be upgraded anyway. The bottom end, I really didn't wanna mess with. The more I thought about it though, I figured I might as well get it done to support that larger turbine.



negative! Where do people come up with these ideas?!