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Message: [QUOTE="Wayne, post: 254906, member: 863"] [URL="http://www.elitedieselengineering.com/product/13005000/HD-Custom-Age-625-Head-Stud-Kit/"]http://www.elitedieselengineering.com/product/13005000/HD-Custom-Age-625-Head-Stud-Kit/[/URL] ...if you're going for the ultimate in clamping force. It's all in the material. I've had great luck with ford gaskets (not one single warranty to date) and Elite specs on H-11 studs including a couple 700+ hp 6.0's, 2 with compounds, one with a ton of nitrous FWIW. I've also seen H-11's perfectly installed on near stock motors using the "black onyx" gaskets with failures. Upon disassembly I re-verified stud torque, and found it to still be 175+ ft/lbs, but the gasket eroded away allowing leakage. Technically there's no need to cycle or "season" the studs on installation if they've been done before, but I do it anyway for my own peace of mind. Also remember to loosen, and re-tighten them one at a time to prevent the gasket seal from breaking caused by loosening them all at once. I would also do the seasoning process on ARP's if I ever did install them. Good luck with the build. [/QUOTE]

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