[Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel] bob slater/boltophobia

[James Hansen]

ARP make very good fasteners. I use them. Haven't seen a fastener failure in
any race engine using them. The raceware are a tad overkill for a stock
motor, but either one has a higher yield point and don't suffer elongation
when the head tries to get away, so that's a good thing. If ARP are cheaper
use them, you won't regret that.  MUCH easier to install than factory torque
to yield (fail) studs.
-james

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of SLATERSFB at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 2:33 PM
To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel] bob slater/boltophobia


Well I like the guide part OK. And I usually go 180-degrees once rather than
90-degrees twice - with a nice long breaker bar; not so bad. And the price
of RW is more than I can swing; ARP is cheaper? hmmmmm. Are they good
quality? Maybe next time the head comes off. Still seems extravagant
considering head is usually good for at least 100k miles (four years).
Something to ponder.
Thanks for info.

Bob in NY

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They can be reused, they are *SO* much easier to install, just torque down
to 58 ft.lb. as I recall in 3 steps and re-torque
once and you are done.  None of this gut-busting 90-degree cranking on the
stretch bolts.  And it makes installing the head
nice, the suds guide the head right down into place, sure you can use old
bolts or dowels, but it is part of the stud.  And the
clamping force is more consistend, since you are not subject to a false
torque reading is a bolt bottoms out in the block and
you are only torquing the nut on top of the stud, and not twisting the whole
bolt.  I have Raceware on my 1.9D engine and ARP
head studs on my Toyota, they are both excellent.  I do think the RW studs
are a little overpriced, the ARP stud kit was just
about $100 for my Toyota 4-cyl. engine, vs. about $170 for the RW studs.  I
think ARP has something that will work for the VW
diesel.

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  Roger
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