stud for stud on engine

white6.0 · Jun 27, 2012

what is the sequence you are supposed to use when doing this. do you take one out and torque to all three steps then go to the next or put them all in to one torque then go all around again till the final torque. looking for other peoples imput

Irontx · Jun 27, 2012

I would do it the right way....... But if you must.....from the center out in sequence..... I torque in 4 steps myself.

Mdub707 · Jun 28, 2012

I would never do studs this way.

2wd-fire · Jun 28, 2012

white6.0 said:
what is the sequence you are supposed to use when doing this. do you take one out and torque to all three steps then go to the next or put them all in to one torque then go all around again till the final torque. looking for other peoples imput

when i did mine i went right to 215ftpds you gonna get alot oh ppl say its a bad idea but mine have 10k miles of full race tune hitting 35 psi of boost with no problems

Pizza pig · Jun 28, 2012

my truck is still going strong with the one at a time method, I did it to test it. If it doesnt hold than ill just do it again, I have a spare set of heads.

I went from the inside out, torqued to 160 ft lbs on all of them then to 248 ft lbs.

2wd-fire · Jun 28, 2012

pizza pig said:
my truck is still going strong with the one at a time method, I did it to test it. If it doesnt hold than ill just do it again, I have a spare set of heads.

I went from the inside out, torqued to 160 ft lbs on all of them then to 248 ft lbs.

well with all your new found hp it will be a good test. that the same reason i did it this way cause so what if they blow im only out the labor it took but so far so good

Mdub707 · Jun 28, 2012

2wd-fire said:
when i did mine i went right to 215ftpds you gonna get alot oh ppl say its a bad idea but mine have 10k miles of full race tune hitting 35 psi of boost with no problems

Well I could say the same about the TTY bolts in my truck right now... but I know it wont hold forever.

windrunner408 · Jun 28, 2012

A lot of people will balk at the one stud at a time method, but the truth of the matter remains, if your heads are sealed (meaning confirmed with a coolant pressure gauge) then it is perfectly acceptable to remove a head bolt and replace it with a stud that torqued to a value close to the torque value of the head bolt. I would make sure I new what that value was before I did the one stud at a time method and once I had all of the bolts replaced with studs, I would take the torque of the studs to the full value and you will be just fine. I have known of several guys that have done this method and were successful and have aftermarket injectors and turbos and are just fine. I also only recommend this so long as it is you that is doing the work and you're not paying to have it done because this way you are only out the time you spent doing it if it doesnt work. JMO so take it FWIW.