Nice work bro it doesn't matter how long it took as long as you feel good about your work and didn't cut any corners

 

anyone know where I can buy them for my car? I would prefer that besides cutting wires

 

tell you the truth im still kinda nervous,I know I triple checked and everything is good, but you always have that thing in the back of your head like what if something happens, im trying to fight it at the moment, but I know for a fact when I checked they are either at 60 or 5 pounds past it

 

So adding wire to the side built in to the car won't increase resistance, but cutting and adding to the removable piece that you buy at autozone will increase resistance?

 

Is it the sort of thing you should go back later and check to make sure they are still tightened to the right ft lbs?

 

I tripled check today, but your right safety first I will just check at the 50 mile mark and if its good to go the its time to push the car again

 

Normally when you change a head gasket you will go back after at least 3 warm up periods to retorque the head on but in this case he just changed the bolts out. I would retorque them in about a week to confirm their still in spec.

Steven, I still have my radio off lol. I havent turned it on since the install I am still paranoid I will miss some sound or noise that shouldnt be there haha.

 

hahahahaha oh that made me laugh I was the same way when I put on the studs, like when I started I heard a whistle and I was like oh sh** and then I heard it again and I was like omg I messed up the torque pattern but then I heard it again and I found out it was a bird lol

 

ARP head studs don't stretch. Switching to studs moves the pressure from the head of the bolt to the threaded stud itself. So once they're tightened down, they don't move.

 

so basically dont touch them at all? And should I break them in still or should I just be good to go, its been awhile since I got them from you and havent installed them

 

Ditto But I'd recheck just to be safe , when I installed the new head on my talon I didnt listen to the radio for a month ..lol

when I did the timing belt on my car I checked it around 6 times just to be sure

 

yes because of the wire , its not copper wire in the o2's

 

well do you still know where I can get the harness at to extend? I really dont want to cut anything unless I have to. And if theres no harness to buy can you post up a pic or explain how to set that up so I dont increase resistance?

 

OMG my heart almost dropped earlier, so I was driving and I saw a sprinkler head shooting water in the air, so this dude with a mustang let me pass him, and when I hit the water the tires start spinning which was fine, but then they kepted spinning or it felt like the car was hopping, and I started smelling something in my car like burning engine oil or something, so I thought it was the studs, I pulled over looked under the hood and didnt see nothing wrong, so I babied the car home and here I am now? Does anyone might know what exactly happened or can give me a clue? could it be the moly burning, or the headstuds just getting use to the heat again, or is the head not tight enough. NEED HELP

 

Tell me more, where you accelerating when the tires spun? Did you let up on the gas and they still spun? Does anything feel wrong now? Did it feel like the car all the sudden lost power? Do you see anything leaking? Did you floor it to pass the mustang? Do you have a cold air intake that goes down low enough that it can suck water up if you hit a puddle?