ok this out of control build of mine has me looking at where I can save a buck to move it a long so any of you guy using them how are they holding up?

my build will probably never see over 15psi MAX! hoping to reach my gold with less then 12psi

been searching the only thing I found was people fighting about the KMJ, Pro Comp will never be ARP...... I get that ARP are better but there 5 times as much and this is on a tight budget so wanted to see if any one has had good luck with them?

really not looking for the "just buy ARP" looking for end users who been using them and how do they like or hate them

thanks

 

I got the ARP studs mostly for piece of mind that I know they will fit, will work, and won't break; it was worth the price to me.

With the eBay studs I wouldn't be worried about them holding up to boost, I would be more worried about whether or not they will break when torqued down, due to a lack of quality control. Fishing half a stud out of the block is no fun.

With that said, many people use the eBay studs successfully. Lots of people are even fine with the stock bolts under 15psi.

 

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...-studs-506142/

 

ltr450ryder, i found a few topics about them I was hoping to here from users who has them installed for a while like 30k+ mile or at least a couple of years the most I've seen posted for only like 3k miles no feed back from long time users

 

I'm runnin them and I have no complaints. 5.3 mp70 13psi.

 

how long have you been using them? witch did you go with KMJ? pro Comp?

 

the sloppymechanic dudes swear by them, (google)those guys that get junkyard 4.8's and 5.3s put them in 80s **** boxes and boost the crap out of them... 20+ PSI all day. That being said, a good tune helps alot with controlling cylinder head lifting pressures, guys with stock head bolts can push alot too. If you get them, I know they usually run dies down them to check the threads..

 

I have the pro comp studs in mine. Has seen 14+psi quite a bit. I have only been running them for 6k miles so far. No issues. Sometime this year I plan on swapping to a larger engine and hope I have no issues getting them out of the block.

 

so no horror stories?

LS1T.... sure make me feel better knowing a lot of guys are over 15psi on them, I'd like to buy the ARP's so I can sleep better at night but thats going to delay the build for funding reasons and I want to move this build along

 

Have them on my setup, a lot of locals run KMJ. Numerous 20-25 PSI setups.