I'm looking to order the china studs but a few places are selling them? witch one and where can i get them? 01 lq4 black

thanks

 

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i never to using any chinese parts
in my engine ARP studs its expensive but its good quality

good luck bro

 

those type of things can be a hit or a miss, my luck is it would be a miss

 

every thing I read about them has been nothing but good?

 

i tried the cheapo ebay studs on my big block chevy and popped head gaskets twice... took them out and installed arp head studs(no head re-surface or any work done at all) and havent had any problems in 2 years now spraying it to death on the 175 jets!!

good luck with them if you go that route, just giving you my experience.

Jamie

 

man now i'm confused I've never herd any one say they failed on there engine, i've herd some snapped them from over torquing on install but i've herd that about ARP too, i'm only going to boost 10 to 12 psi so.........

what to do, what to do..........

 

All depends on what your time is worth.
Is a couple hundred bucks saved worth me tearing my heads off again, doing a head gasket and replacing studs?

Let me take .05 seconds and think.

No.

 

At that boost level stock bolts would suffice...I'm happy with my china studs , they have seen 20 psi on my 5.3 by accident a couple of times, and I'm normally at 13-14 psi. By all means if you have plenty of money get the arp's but on a budget I'll get the ching changs any day.

 

i've read a lot about these over the last few month I was ready to order today even stock48 told me to get some, now i'm 50/50.......

going with arp will delay my built so i can fund them only thing left i need are cylinder head fasteners, lifter trays & fuel rail connections......

this is not going to be a record beaker just a mild daily driver compared to what others have done its not a high end build thats for sure idk.....maybe just some arp bolts instead of studs