I know you are not supposed to reuse head head bolts but how about the studs? Those things are expensive.

And while I'm already making a post I want to see if anyone knows how much it'd be to sleeve and bore a block. Just a guess of course. I have no idea about machining costs. I have stock bore pistons and the piston slap drives me nuts so I want to get the block sleeeved and then bore to fit the pistons perfectly. Thanks!!!

i thought it was specifically the studs you had to replace everytime.. i hadn't hear anything about the bolts.. hehe.

or maybe i saw bolts and thought studs. who knows.

The ARP studs are reusable, you'll never have to buy another set.

I was qouted $125 labor + cost of sleeve to sleeve cylinders at a good shop around here. That's just too damn much.

>>>I was qouted $125 labor + cost of sleeve to sleeve cylinders at a good shop around here. That's just too damn much.<<<

Yes but much cheaper than buying new oversize pistons AND getting the cylinders bored ;)

Is that possible though to do that? Will it still be as strong as it is now w/ no sleeves?

>>>>I was qouted $125 labor + cost of sleeve to sleeve
>cylinders at a good shop around here. That's just too damn
>much.<<<
>
>Yes but much cheaper than buying new oversize pistons AND
>getting the cylinders bored ;)

Ooops... I mistyped that. Thas is PER CYLINDER! The estimate was $475-$500 total for sleeving all 4 cylinders.

>Is that possible though to do that? Will it still be as
>strong as it is now w/ no sleeves?

Yes.

Damn, if I can't find a place cheaper than that I'll just let those bitches slap until they die. I have another block anyway.