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Originally Posted by 4g63tcrazy
OEM 6 bolt headbolts are actually stronger then standard ARP's. There is a big thread on dsmtalk about it. I'll see if I can find it..
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No frickin' way, I call BS on this one. After the headache I got last night looking a few things up on talk, I remembered why I haven't been on that board in years.
Headgaskets can still blow with ARP's, or any other stud for that matter. Too much detonation or bad surface prep is going to cause problems. In a lot of years and different engine combos, I've only run regular old ARP's and I've blown one headgasket. I've also reused them many times and reused the same MLS gasket when chaning the head with no problems.
If it were me, I'd pull the head, see what went wrong if anything, clean up the gasket and spray liberally with copper spray, clean and re-lube the ARP's and call it a day.
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