ARP head studs

[dksix]

Do you still use H23 ARP heads studs if you are putting an H22 head on a F22A1 block ? I want to use ARP main bolts too , is there a kit for them or do I have to buy them separate ?

[loud92CB7]

its the headstud/bolt kit i got mine in last week... i heard you need to "use the hell out of the moly lube". lol

[dksix]

its the headstud/bolt kit i got mine in last week... i heard you need to "use the hell out of the moly lube". lol

I looked through your old post and I found this :

just received in the mail this week.... 8lbs fidanza flywheel exedy OEM clutch ARP headstud kit (h23) just awaiting esp mounts head gasket and intake manifold gasket.... hmmm swap time is right around the corner....

SO I guess that I will still use the H23 ARP head stud kit , but I also want to use ARP main bolts on the crank girdle . These are the bolts I want to replace with ARP bolts , . Is there a kit that would have these in them or would I just need to measure and order them by size ?

[loud92CB7]

Ha ur gonna make me post pix of my goodies lol. The head stud is what I call it but it's also called a main bolt kit. It's the bolts that mates the head to block right? I'll look up the seller I used it like 135 ish shipped to my door.

[loud92CB7]

thats what i got for the head to block stuff but now that im on a computer and not a phone i can see the pic better. lol thats in the block right? if ur willing to give me a day i got an h23 block here and plently of f series blocks i could check the bolts and see what all you can get ...

[dksix]

Thanks man . That would be great . I got my block back from the engine shop yesterday . I had it cleaned , pressure checked and had the cylinders measured to see what the minimum bore I was going to be able to get by with and brought it home to powder coat it , then back for the boring when my pistons come in . I decided to go with Bisimoto 86mm 8.2 to 1 compression . According to the Engine Compression Ratio (CR) Calculator from csgnetwork.com with a Cylinder Bore Size of 86mm , Piston Stroke Length of 95mm , Head Gasket Bore Diameter of 88mm , Compressed Head Gasket Thickness of .66mm , Combustion Chamber Volume In CCs of 53.8cc , Piston Dome Volume In CCs of -21 and a deck clearance of 0 I'll be making 8.00173822584155 to 1 compression . I got on order right now an OBX intake manifold and TB and I just bought a Vecco Performance turbo manifold , down pipe and dump tube . I have my rods , bearings new oil and water pumps and all the gaskets seals and stuff for the bottom end . I got precision 880cc injectors and will be tuning with crome . I'm still hoping to find a crome base map to start it with , but no luck yet .

[loud92CB7]

oh wow .... lol im still a little bit of a noob when it comes to engine build but im learning and learning fast. now im just curious why did u ge the obx intake mani??? i just ended up goin with the h23 mani. although im thinkin about sending the tb out to maxbore to get it opened up. i know the obx mani will give you more intake volume but whats the purpose your goin for with that?

[dksix]

oh wow .... lol im still a little bit of a noob when it comes to engine build but im learning and learning fast. now im just curious why did u ge the obx intake mani??? i just ended up goin with the h23 mani. although im thinkin about sending the tb out to maxbore to get it opened up. i know the obx mani will give you more intake volume but whats the purpose your goin for with that?

I am a newbie too . I've been spending 2 to 4 hours a day researching this build . I'm partners in a shop , but I do powder coating and machine shop work . I had the machine shop before I got into cars as my last hobby was gunsmithing . I don't work on cars often except for electrical problems . My partner is the auto mechanic at the shop , but has never worked with F or H series engines much . He primarily works on KA's , CA's , SR's and RB's ( Nissan ) and B and K series Honda's . I went to school for electronics and have been through industrial electricity at vocational school , so the electrical problems normally end up on me . I got the OBX intake manifold (1) at a good deal , (2) cause I like the way it looks and (3) the H22 heads I got didn't come with an OEM intake manifold . The H23 mani won't work on the F22 head , I might not have posted in this thread , but I'm doing a G22 build . I plan on using the 70mm OBX throttle body as well . The OBX intake manifold was not a necessity , LoDollar92LX is making over 500WHP with a stock but highly ported and matched by him OEM h22 manifold . I've always modded BMW's and this is my first car that has allot of offerings from the after market . And I'm buying allot of stuff for looks that I would be just as well off with out and I'm sure the OBX mani is one of those . It will more or less be a rolling advertisement for our shop so allot of extra stuff is being done just for the sake of doing it . I've got all the suspention parts off and pretty much everything that can be unbolted and will stand 400 degrees of curing temp will be powder coated and having a machine shop in house there will be allot of the stuff custom fabbed from billet . Here's a picture of how it sit striped down right now .