Simple answer is it depends on your motor. Faily stock heads/motor then china will be fine. If you have good heads or a buildup bottom end then don't risk it. China studs have a great purpose for junk yard turbo builds. Keep in mind one thing..... Stock48 has built or been involved in building more turbo motor builds than 99.9% of guys. Including every guy in this thread telling you not to.

 

I don't really see a big difference ARP is 200,000 psi tensile strength and china's are 190,000..

 

stock heads (317's) rebuilt & CNC'd, 3-12 cam, 05+ LQ4 pistons and rods blocks been freshened up new rings, bearing and so on

its not a junk yard built still far from a high end build though its the best my budget could get me.......and it was tough to pull off at that I Bought the truck in October and started to mod like I mad man wheels, bed cover, navigation/system, some maintenance + engine build so funds are super tight the extra $$$ for ARP will delay this "if i go that route

 

the china studs would have to be stronger then the stock TTY bolts no?

 

I run KMJ studs. They have been 10lbs more than a few dozen times with no issues so far. I also have friends on 18+ PSI and over 700RWHP with no issues.

For what it is worth, I have seen ARPs lift, stretch, strip, crack and snap too. Anything can happen. If you want complete honesty the ARPs have a much higher quality thread cut, but I have had seen no issues with KMJ regardless.

 

I just ordered some ARP cylinder head bolts, could not fund the ARP studs and well to be honest was to pressured out about the china studs.....

any way thanks for every ones input