Is this the right kit and $427.50 a good price. This is for an 2006. (ARP Diesel Head Stud Kit 247-4202 )Thanks for the help.

 

yes, that's the right part no. and the price is good.

 

Yes sir that is a good price and the right kit!

 

You might look at headbolts.com. They are charging 414.95 plus 6.95 shipping.

A few dollars difference or about two gallons of diesel.

 

thanks a lot all for the replies. Just wonted to make sure before ordering .

 

There are many that run headbolts with high boost and nitrous with better results with bolts than studs.. My pro street truck is running 90 pounds of boost with bolts after blowing the headgasket with the studs.. I don't know exactly how to do it.. Garmon did mine..

 

Garmon uses some kind of funky mojo on those bolts....

 

This is the first ive heard of bolts, could someone explain a little more for me? Thanks Joel

 

Not an expert here but from what I've read, he torques them down in a manner that takes many hours. Also, alot of the competition engines he builds have lowered compression ratios which allows the bolt to hold the head down.

For most of us, ARP studs are the way to go. Few weeks back I had a thread with pics of my stud install. It's alot of work but I think I had a few good tips in the thread.

 

He's talking about the bolts that come stock in the head. There's a big hoopla about which is better between some racers. Garmon stated he's had better results with bolts as oppose to studs.

As Trik mentioned... Garmon uses a method that he like to keep to himself. He's able to wrench down on these bolts or studs to past a point most will break them. It's all in the lube and hours it takes.

 

Actually I do know of stock compression engines running nitrous with just bolts.. Even if you look at the lower compression engines, it seems like it would take a lot of force to hold down over a thousand hp worth of pressure. If studs were better, they would use them.. Garmon, Prince, and Keating all use bolts..

 

Morse, that is pretty cool, but that isn't going to help anyone unless they spend the money (which I don't have) to have those guys build their engines.

And I know they're making the bolts work, but the studs are supposedly made from stronger material less likely to stretch, so the bolt thing still has me confused...

 

I just ordered twins for my 06 2500. The new combo will be the twins, dual pumps, 39 litre injectors, and airdog.. I'm going to torque my head bolts down, and see if they will hold on this normal, stock engine truck.. I'll post how it does. Twins probably won't be here until the second week in august though.. The truck ran 12.21 on the mild setup, so I'm aiming for atleast a low 11 second diesel only daily driver..

 

Huh, thats kinda cool, i didnt think there was anything different you could do. So places like Garmon will only do this if you have them build you a engine. I suppose it would cost quite a bit more than buying studs and doing it yourself.

 

Kinda, you can drop yours off and he will torque them without "building" an engine. It is a little cheaper than buyin studs and doin it yourself but I dont thik it is worth you drivin to Ga for it...