My car is running 156-4301 head studs with no issues at up to 24 psi. There was a thread on modford where people were having issues with them when they'd torque down. They d actually get really loose while torquing them and people would pull the stud to find it was stretching like bubble gum. I've never had an issue but it made me think I should go with the better ones in the future.
Finally going to start installing "new" DC heads. Need advice
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That blows big time! Spending a few hundred dollars on studs that stretched and unable to reuse. Do you remember if those were problems from cars making big power?
It happened when being installed the first time and torquing them down. My heads have been installed 3 times and torqued down 3 times and are doing ok. It did make me nervous on the toruing down part. I think if they torque down fine you will be fine.
What torquing procedure did you follow? I've read of people torquing down to a lower spec and letting it sit over night and then coming back and retorquing to the correct spec..
Ahhh.. Yeah man. In hindsight I wish I would have kept the blue car! The new owner already has a whipple/return set up ect ect....makes me jealous every time he updates me on the car.
But yeah man, just luck of the draw I guess when it comes to buying used cars.
Thanks for the prices, I'll be picking up the 2000s for a "just in to be safe" mindset.
Hope you're on the road soon!
I wish you the same.
Are you going with different heads or will you be taking the stock ones to a shop?
One more thing, If you would like to buy from a more reputable website, i looked up on Jegs and they do price match. That is probably what i'm going to be doing when i order my studs.
I need a new set. So I'm actively looking. They are kinda hard to find reasonably priced and not trashed.
I found my DC casting heads on CL. I found another set for a member on here that was looking for a pair a few weeks ago (not sure if he ended up picking them up), so they're out there if you keep looking. I'll keep an eye out for a set. Check CL and ebay for them too.
I contacted the company and eventually got a reply that was difficult to read (spelling and grammar) Never heard from him after that.
That sucks. Did you end up finding another set or are you still hunting?
nah not really going to worry about it. They would just be back ups for me anyways.
Nice work man. keep at it.
Good luck, FYI you can have the motor fully dressed for removal and reinstall. Heres a link with a pic of how my engine looked when coming out.
https://www.svtperformance.com/foru...-pulling-the-motor-out-the-top.1082614/page-2
It might make life easier to have it fully assembled for reinstallation.
I also left the hood on and just had someone hold it up out of the way.
https://www.svtperformance.com/foru...-pulling-the-motor-out-the-top.1082614/page-2
It might make life easier to have it fully assembled for reinstallation.
I also left the hood on and just had someone hold it up out of the way.
Sweet!
Would it make a difference that i have Long Tubes? If it doesn't, I hope to reinstall like in your pic.
I'm planning on painting the valve covers, blower, doing the cooling mod, egr delete, and it looks like i'm going to have to do a little work on the rear end since I'm leaking diff fluid which i guess means rear pinion seal. Also my Mac LTs are going to need work too since they're rusting a bit. So i'll be searching for a shop that can do that.
Nice work!
I went out the bottom. And plan to go back in through the bottom fully dressed with long tubes.
I went out the bottom. And plan to go back in through the bottom fully dressed with long tubes.
Do you have a car lift?
That sounds like defective parts. I don't know the specifics there but If the head stud stretched so much the nut was loose and they could measure it longer and was stretching like "bubble gum" lol then that's not normal by any means.
I would not be concerned with that unless you received a defective part. I pushed 27.5 PSI of boost through the regular non 2000 head studs for years and my heads came off several times. Many others too.
Also I've tested the over night thing and never really seen any difference. I torque to 85 ft/lb in three stages. It happened to be a stopping point for me one time so I left it over night. In the morning I went to re torque to 85 ft/lb and they were all still there. No additional tightening happened. That's just one test but that was my experience with it anyways.
Ed Schraider says not to take them past 75ft/lbs or you stand a serious chance of destroying them brand new. I guess stay below that if you don't want issues. There was a thread on modular ford about them, where one member said you could even see the stretching in them. To me I wouldn't risk messing with them when for $100 more you get the better ones.
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