Installing Arp Head Studs With Head On?

[Enes]

I was in same boat as you man.. hence why i did it.


I started from middle..
took one out.. lubed the threads a little, slowly finger tightened it, let it sit for a minute and then torqued it to 80.
did it in criss cross formation.
Then i went back and torqued them the by the book following the pattern. but torqued them to 85.
let it sit for about an hour, went and ate.
then came back and torqued them to 90.
I will check it again this weekend before i go to RF just to make sure they are all torqued still to 90.
this was done on cold motor. with total time of 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
no bubling in the reservoir, no overheating issues... yet.. almost 2000 miles i think..
thats all i put on the car this year.. with at least 50 passes on 24 to 26 psi showing 41 to 45 # air/min

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[Halon]

Have you ever removed a head before? If not, it'd be a good learning experience. Once you do it once, it won't seem like such a big deal anymore. That's how it was for me atleast.

[Kracka]

Best of luck, lots of people blow head gaskets right away or soon thereafter installing ARP's this way.