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Apr 7, 2007 | 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by afwfjustin,Apr 7 2007, 09:35 AM

Justin, I know I don't have to tell you but that manifold is SICK. I am so envious of your setup.

Good luck with your numbers, I'm sure you'll keep us posted.

Mine is going to be another week - took forever for my ARP studs and banjo bolts to come in. I'm going to set up a tuning appointment on the 15th!

you are not running ARP headstuds are you? Read up on this before you do it... they have been LINKED to headgasket failure... they are not even designed for the F20C they were for a Honda H series and are just packaged for the S by ARP... if you read the instructions that come with the stud and reference the torque reccomendations with what honda states are needed for the head bolds you will see the torque numbers dont even match... save yourself a headache AND about $100 and buy some stock headbolts... they are the best!

Apr 7, 2007 | 04:25 PM

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Are you sure? There are a TON of people running ARP head studs...

I was going to do OEM bolts but I posted a thread about which to get and everyone said to get the studs...

Shit now you have me worrying

My installer is putting my motor back in my car this weekend

Apr 7, 2007 | 04:43 PM

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Justin-

READ THIS THREAD>>>

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...pic=474289&hl=

it is a thread I started because I had some questions on my HG replacement... but we got on the subject of headstuds and you can read for yourself...

Apr 7, 2007 | 05:10 PM

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Thanks for the info and the PM. I just called and left my installer a message - hopefully I caught him in time.

Apr 7, 2007 | 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by afwfjustin,Apr 7 2007, 05:10 PM

Thanks for the info and the PM. I just called and left my installer a message - hopefully I caught him in time.

no problem man... just hope you caught him in time! I had read about the ARP problem awhile back... sorry I didn't see your thread asking about it a couple weeks ago or I would have spoke up then! It just came up again the other day in my other thread and in my mind confirmed my decision to go with OEMs... I picked up a set from majestic honda for like $57

Hope your build turns out great for you!

Only a month and some change before I do mine... I CANNOT WAIT!

Apr 7, 2007 | 10:38 PM

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OEM studs def the way to go
New ones anyway.
I had new oem ones installed after my installer warned me about the ARP so thats the way i went and never had a problem.

Marcus

Apr 7, 2007 | 10:51 PM

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so arp studs wont work, i have em not installed yet with the inline hg. anyone running this combo have problems?

Apr 7, 2007 | 11:42 PM

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read the threads linked in my earlier post... the VAST MAJORITY of people running thicker HGs with ARPs have had cylinder sealing problems... AND HG failures... ditch the ARPs and get some OEMs... proven fact.