Cha_Feel_

Hey guys, have any of you guys done this? It sucks breaking the bolts off.

2KRedSilverado

What exactly are you wanting to know?

Plenty of us have done it. ARP makes some nice ones but they're a pretty penny, there's cheaper ones on ebay that work just as good.

01SilveradoJakee

The 2 rear ones on each side break because there is a **** ton of heat next to the fire wall, so the manifold warps and pops the head of the bolts off, or the rust in the head and break in the head. The driver side rear is a pain in the *** to get out. If you have some of the stud sticking out weld a nut on the end a turn it out, if it's flush I HIGHLY recommended to get a GOOD machine shop or auto shop to drill it out for you if you aren't comfortable to do it, you can hit a coolant port in these style heads and do damaged. After you get the bolts out, replace manifold because the warp (if you aren't doing any sort of exhaust upgrade Longtubes or even shorties. Order a set of ARP manifold bolts 12 point head and they will never break again.

Cha_Feel_

I don't have any broken bolts anymore, I was able to drill and use an retractor. I have headman headers. But recently I got a exhaust leak. And thought this would be a smart time to upgrade to arp studs. Do I need to remove the head to install them? Thanks for the help!

01SilveradoJakee

Go look at this link these are the ones I have and in my opinion look awesome! No you don't have to remove the head to do the bolts, just torque them to 27ft instead of the factory 25 ft and recheck after 1 heat cycle
https://m.summitracing.com/parts/arp-434-1202

2KRedSilverado

No need to remove the head. Just install like a regular set of bolts and I went with an Alper motorsports stud kit. Cheaper than ARP and works just as good or you can go with a set off a GM studs from a Malibu I believe (if you search around here you'll find the part number)