Head bolt retorque vs new bolts vs arp 425s

[mathews8pt]

Stock bolts, cleaned and lubed with arp. Take them to 135ftlbs if they dont feel soft before that. Held 675hp with an o-ringed head in my truck. I would never pull a good sealing gasket off until it let go(unless going back in with o-rings), just my opinion though.

 

[JQmile]

New gasket, deck it and then studs. Just the way I do things.

x2....ARP's are always on backorder for a reason. Decking the head is always something I'll recommend too. Mine h/g on my 95 blew after a while after just replacing the bolts, and I found the head was way outta whack.

 

[maxwedgehead]

I ordered some bolts from Snedge, going to do one at time with arp lube, torque to spec and then take them up from there.

 

[diesel_importer]

Good deal. It should work great. Always let your truck get up to temp before hammering down on it.