Those will fit on the Sidekick? I know they share the same engine, but the studs that came off look WAYYY different. Those seem to have two threads, and nuts. Where did you order yours, and how long did it take for delivery? o0o and price!?
Here are pics of my studs.
and here are pics of the broken cam studs.
That last pic shows the guide that I can not remove, any ideas?
The stock engine uses head bolts thats why they look different. A stud is better because one end of the stud screws all the way into the block (tightened just slightly) and the head gasket and head slide on through the studs and then a nut tightens the head to the block verses placing the head gasket then lining up the head on the block then screwing the head bolts into the block. If your doing it in car and there is little room to slide the head straight on you can still screw them in after the head is on (I had to do this on my brothers 1st GEN DSM Eagle Talon due to other clearance issues) the top of the studs have a hex key to screw them in. The studs are stronger because they use all the the threads in the block whereas the bolts don't go all the way to the bottom. Also instead of a bolt head holding the pressure the studs use a nut that spreads the pressure across its threads reducing stress points. ARP studs and bolts are made out of 8740 Chrome Molly steel 220000PSI drop forged and then milled to be perfectly centered then its heat treated and shot peened, most threads are rolled before the heat treating but ARPs are rolled afterwards making them much stronger. I got my head studs from a place in Alberta OCC Racing Catalog for $120 but I got my flywheel from SRD Suzuki Swift Aluminum Flywheel Suzuki Swift Racing Parts - Performance Parts by Suzuki Racing Development
and it took over 3 months but it was custom made and shipping took longer to Canada. Hopefully you can use a bolt extractor to coax those broken bolts out.
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