View Poll Results: Does your head hold boost with raceware studs?
Yes, I've had no problems with the raceware studs
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No, I've had problems relating to the raceware studs
6
40.00%
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Raceware Studs Trouble-free?
11-06-2005, 03:57 PM
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Raceware Studs Trouble-free?
For those of you running raceware headstds, I am curious how many of you have had problems keeping the nuts torqued to spec, or experienced other problems with head sealing.
11-06-2005, 04:13 PM
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No problems on my car. A little above stock boost with O-ringed head and a wfhg. (Insert timeless argument here). I have raceware studs and I have had them in the car for about 1.5 yrs.
11-07-2005, 12:48 PM
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ARP here too and I had head gasket sealing issues but that was due to the Cometic gasket and not the studs. A couple cleanings and she seals up perfectly now.
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11-14-2005, 11:07 AM
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Mine needed a massive retorque after the first heat cycle but it could have had something to do with the cometic head gasket (I have no clue if it kind of settled in it's place and caused the looseness in the head studs) or the fact that I didn't read the fine manual which states you should oil the threads before installing the studs ... so they were probably just a bit too loose to begin with.
Seems to work fine after that one retorque but then again I only have a few thousand miles on the engine and I haven't driven it really hard yet ...
Seems to work fine after that one retorque but then again I only have a few thousand miles on the engine and I haven't driven it really hard yet ...