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.