95' Junker Drag Truck

GorillaDave said:
Ok say I have a 030 groove and a 041 wire giving me 011 portrusion wouldn't the above cause my wire dia to be smaller and not have the desired effect on the gasket? I am new to the o-ring game so I don't quite fully understand.


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Or would not tapping it in leave too much out and damage the gasket?


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BlackSkyRacing said:
Nope, they were lubed with ARP Ultra Torque under the head, both sides of the washer, and on the threads. Threads in the block were clean and dry. I took mine to 135ft-lbs on the first go around figuring the whole stock torque of ~125ft-lbs and pushed coolant a couple months later. Replaced the gasket with a .020 over and did a stock torque to see what it actually was. The short bolts all came up within half a pound of 152, the rocker bolts came up pretty consistently at 148, and the intermediates all came within a few tenths of 150 on the nose. So like I said, in absence of the tech angle I've just been taking them straight to 150 from 89 with my old style clicker while being mindful of how far they turn.

I don't know what brand SHCS's you're using, maybe the Hollow Krome ones I get are a little stiffer?



IIRC ARPs are rated at 190k tensile strength, the ones I get are 170k, and I believe someone here rated the stock ones on a strain gauge at work between 130-140k... So they're cheaper then both, (supposedly) stronger than stock, yet a touch less then entry level studs. I honestly won't bother with stock bolts or ARP 2000s with the track record I've had with my personal truck as well as several customers'. Serious builds will skip right to 625s or H1s though :Cheer:
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Local suppliers won't sell me Allen socket head bolts unless I buy in bulk. Ended up getting them from mighty diesel.
 
pic_jon said:
Local suppliers won't sell me Allen socket head bolts unless I buy in bulk. Ended up getting them from mighty diesel.
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I guess it does help that I have a commercial account at Fastenal...

Blue, you still haven't let on to what you plan to do in the way of clamping your head to your block :poke:
 
GorillaDave said:
Ok say I have a 030 groove and a 041 wire giving me 011 portrusion wouldn't the above cause my wire dia to be smaller and not have the desired effect on the gasket? I am new to the o-ring game so I don't quite fully understand.
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The groove is 0.030" deep with a 0.041" wire giving you 0.011" protrusion, the groove would be 0.039" wide providing 0.002" crush on the wire to hold it in place.
 
Smokem said:
The groove is 0.030" deep with a 0.041" wire giving you 0.011" protrusion, the groove would be 0.039" wide providing 0.002" crush on the wire to hold it in place.
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Makes perfect sense now. Mucho Gracias.


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Amazing build blue, the price to ET ratio is crazy!! Im looking to do a similar build when someone buys my current car but not twins just yet... Would you mind pming me the parts and prices for ur first tranny and tc... Sorry i was reading from page 1 today and didnt really think of it until u said u were making over 500hp... Thanks and again amazing build, this is the definition of budget build here


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I think it may be more beneficial to just create a DIY parts list thread perhaps. But posting here would be awesome to so we could know a ballpark price. I'm getting ready to get a triple as opposed to my single from Phil. Can't wait.
 
That would be a awesome write up, most of it is, is free mods and different turbos. Personally i like the VGT turbo but would try to find a mechanical way to open vanes of some sort


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Sorry about hijacking but the truck i looked at has a rebuilt trans (with paperwork), do u think it would be a good idea to do a VB instead of your idea. The truck will see mostly dd, and some 1/4 runs, 1 or if not any pulls a year. And it will most be free mods, he351ve or hx40, 5" exhaust, 5x12s, 4k gsk and 60# springs, and maybe dvs...


Thank you very much im over with hijack

Keep on keepin on blue!!!


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Would like to thank bigblue for making this thread, and everybody else who has contributed positively!
Lots of great reading, thank you all!
 
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