Main Stud Kit for Pontiac 400-455 cid

Main Stud Kit for Pontiac 400-455 cidThere are many important reasons to use ARP main stud kits, including the elimination of main cap walk and fretting, as well as protecting the threads in your engine block. All kits come complete with hardened parallel ground washers and high quality nuts. Some applications have provisions for mounting windage trays and have specially designed standoff studs with serrated lock nuts to position the windage tray and lock it securely in place. The studs

Washers included

Special ARP Pro Series NASCAR type stud kits have one of the studs drilled to facilitate sealing the carburetor in the engine by race officials

in length or more

Precision rolled threads prevent galling while promoting more consistent torque loading

It must be kept well-oiled and not exposed to moisture

ARP manufactures a variety of premium grade bolt and stud kits to facilitate installation of exhaust headers including the popular stainless stud kit with 12-point nuts

ARP rocker studs are concentric within

Alternators that come loose are a pain

You also can choose between standard hex head bolts or compact 12-point fasteners

Universal - Bellhousing to Manual Trans Stud Kits: These premium grade bolt and stud kits are engineered to properly engage the engineblock threads and resist loosening

including use of a premium grade chrome moly alloy

Because factory connecting rods (or aftermarket versions of OEM rods) are used in a variety of applications from rebuilt stock motors to modified powerplants used in circle track