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Jan 10, 2011 | 10:13 AM

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Looks like the ARP's are a little more than what I want to spend. Chevy dealer in town has bolts for $165 iirc and Napa has Felpro for about $45. Guessing the GM would be the better bet, the stock GM bolts will hold up fine with my set up right?

Jan 10, 2011 | 10:20 AM

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Are you looking at the ARP studs or bolts??? The studs are alot more than the bolts..

Call up one of the sponsors here..Texas speed has them for less than what your paying at the dealer for stock bolts...

Jan 10, 2011 | 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc

When I ordered mine, they told me there were 2 diff part numbers, that I needed the ones with the shorter bolts..

1997-2003 10 long and 5 short

2004 + all 15 bolts are short

thanks for the heads up. i remember my LS1 had 3 different length bolts. the ones by the plugs, the ones under the rocker and the ones by the valley were all different lengths. now they are all the same length (bolts by the valley are still different).

might have saved me a headache there!