Head Studs Options

[SzoylentGreen]

Are the T4 and T1 head studs interchangeable?

I see to be having a hard time finding a T4 (78mm stroke, 5.5" rods) head stud kit, other than the $400 RaceWare kit.

There are tons of T1 head stud kits avail, just checking if they'll work.

[SzoylentGreen]

Any sources of head studs other than Raceware or ARP?

I’m building a fairly conservative T4 turbo (looking for about 175 - 195 hp), so I’m only going to be pushing low boost. I’m not building a 400HP monster like the Raceware is designed for.

Does anyone make some standard chrome-moly head studs for the T4?

I’m not really comfortable re-using 45 year old rusty head studs, and I don’t think I really have a need that justifies $400 Raceware head studs.

BTW, I’ll be using 96mm biral cylinders, so these should have a similar thermal expansion coefficient to the stock iron cylinders. Nickies would of course be nice, but I’m not paying $4000 a set.

[Mark Henry]

Any sources of head studs other than Raceware or ARP?

I’m building a fairly conservative T4 turbo (looking for about 175 - 195 hp), so I’m only going to be pushing low boost. I’m not building a 400HP monster like the Raceware is designed for.

Does anyone make some standard chrome-moly head studs for the T4?

I’m not really comfortable re-using 45 year old rusty head studs, and I don’t think I really have a need that justifies $400 Raceware head studs.

BTW, I’ll be using 96mm biral cylinders, so these should have a similar thermal expansion coefficient to the stock iron cylinders. Nickies would of course be nice, but I’m not paying $4000 a set.

No, stock studs are more than strong enough so there's not a big market for them.
LN only really sells the ARP studs for nickies, it has little to do with strength, it's more of a compatible clamping force for the alunimum cylinders of nickies.