Head studs and gaskets

[sagebel]

So I'm thinking of putting head studs on the truck. Which head gaskets should I go with and where is the best place to get these items?

Scott

 

[CSIPSD]

A few questions...

1. Why? you are no where near the level that 7.3s pop heads... Waste of money unless you have something else planned

2. If you have something else planned the what? That will tell us what kind of studs and if fire ringing it might be better.

Stock Heads hold to about 40#'s, your making what 30-32?

 

[sagebel]

Thinking of going to an H2e and Bean's stage II's. The injectors will be first.

Scott

 

[CSIPSD]

You will not need headstuds... with that set up you will be close to 38-40#'s but the drive pressures will be low so you will be fine. If you feel you need studs then do it with factory gaskets... But its a very hard deal to do, two options, pull the motor or jack the cab up...

 

[sagebel]

Thanks for the info. $$$

Scott

 

[lukecline]

you wont need headstuds with stage 2's and h2e. I ran that combo for along time on stock bolts.

 

[MayhemJay]

You'll be fine with no studs, I ran stage 2's and the H2E with a ton of propane. Broke 3 rods before of even thinking of popping the head gaskets!

 

[DIESEL97]

BDP Stages II injectors,DP tuning and stock turbo got me a blown head gasket in # 7 cylinder.

 

[MayhemJay]

BDP Stages II injectors,DP tuning and stock turbo got me a blown head gasket in # 7 cylinder.

Yeah, yours was another weird and unusual addition the the carnage at the house of Hibbard!!! LOL

 

[amjperformance.c]

Stock head bolts are fine for stage 2's. If you want to put studs in to be safe anyway only use the new stock head gaskets. They are holding 50psi on several of our customers' trucks.