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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 07:36 AM
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Head studs

Anyone care to explain the benefit of head studs over head bolts? Thanks.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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Studs torque more evenly than bolts because you're only turning the nut at the top of the stud, rather than turning an entire bolt...so you get a more accurate torque reading on your torque wrench and there's less likely to be a lot of variation between the studs.

As a result of that I believe studs are also said to have more clamping power.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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ghunt is right on.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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YOu can bottom out the studs too, whereas the bolts will always have to be unable to reach the bottom of the threaded hole in the block.
 
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