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I am in the process of rebuilding my engine and I am finally getting close to putting all of the nice shiny bits back together. I am trying to work out what fasteners to use, and I am confused. Searching (here and the whole internet) leaves me even more confused. Some advocate reusing old bolts, others say only ARP will do. So, I am hoping that people will be kind enough to let me know what they used, particularly for the Fidanza flywheel and the main/big-end bearing caps.
I just had a look and found that the original flywheel bolts don't really fit into the Fidanza flywheel holes - that can't be right, can it? If I buy ARP flywheel bolts, won't I just find myself with expensive botls that don't fit?
Richard Good has upgraded main and rod bolts on his website, and they are considerably cheaper than ARP. I spoke to him this morning and he reckoned that the original main cap bolts are grade 5 but the rod bolts are more specialised.
I have ARP head studs - found a place online where the ARP set was cheaper than buying regular studs from TRF (about $90 delivered from https://www.nolimitsmotorsport.com when I bought them last year). All of the other fasteners I have basically bought new from Fastenal/McMaster Carr/Bolt Depot - pretty much all Grade 8, even though I know this is huge overkill for things like the timing cover! Somehow I have been caught up in the fascination with grade 8 bolts that seems to be common in LBC circles, in America at least.
Well, that's enough of the rambling. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. By the way, if it matters, the engine is from a 1975 TR6 and I am "warming it up a bit" while I rebuild with a slightly increased compression (around (9:1)), GP2 cam etc. Not looking for huge power, just a few tweaks while it is apart.
Thanks in advance
Alistair
I just had a look and found that the original flywheel bolts don't really fit into the Fidanza flywheel holes - that can't be right, can it? If I buy ARP flywheel bolts, won't I just find myself with expensive botls that don't fit?
Richard Good has upgraded main and rod bolts on his website, and they are considerably cheaper than ARP. I spoke to him this morning and he reckoned that the original main cap bolts are grade 5 but the rod bolts are more specialised.
I have ARP head studs - found a place online where the ARP set was cheaper than buying regular studs from TRF (about $90 delivered from https://www.nolimitsmotorsport.com when I bought them last year). All of the other fasteners I have basically bought new from Fastenal/McMaster Carr/Bolt Depot - pretty much all Grade 8, even though I know this is huge overkill for things like the timing cover! Somehow I have been caught up in the fascination with grade 8 bolts that seems to be common in LBC circles, in America at least.
Well, that's enough of the rambling. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. By the way, if it matters, the engine is from a 1975 TR6 and I am "warming it up a bit" while I rebuild with a slightly increased compression (around (9:1)), GP2 cam etc. Not looking for huge power, just a few tweaks while it is apart.
Thanks in advance
Alistair