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lastcall190 · 04-11-2008, 10:30 AM

Stage 8's last I checked are not as high of a grade as the stock bolts (it's bad enough the aluminum heads are soft, throw an aluminum bolt in there the wrong way and oops... and as stated the little clips and whatnot are a pain in the ass. Good luck with the back one on the passenger side). ARP as far as I know only make a stud for the LS1. Nice, but around 100 bucks (I had ARP bolts on my LT1 and they were the **** so if the LS1 are of any equal quality they would probably be excellent). If I were you I would just clean your stockers and reuse them. Done that on every install I've done and had great success. If the threads are in question, run a M8x1.25 tap through the holes to clean 'em up. I have also heard Breslin are good but never seen a set first hand. Don't forget to tighten from the inside of the header outward.

-J

04-11-2008, 10:30 AM	#7
lastcall190 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 493 iTrader: (5)	Stage 8's last I checked are not as high of a grade as the stock bolts (it's bad enough the aluminum heads are soft, throw an aluminum bolt in there the wrong way and oops... and as stated the little clips and whatnot are a pain in the ass. Good luck with the back one on the passenger side). ARP as far as I know only make a stud for the LS1. Nice, but around 100 bucks (I had ARP bolts on my LT1 and they were the **** so if the LS1 are of any equal quality they would probably be excellent). If I were you I would just clean your stockers and reuse them. Done that on every install I've done and had great success. If the threads are in question, run a M8x1.25 tap through the holes to clean 'em up. I have also heard Breslin are good but never seen a set first hand. Don't forget to tighten from the inside of the header outward. -J __________________ 2012 Caprice Last edited by lastcall190; 04-11-2008 at 10:32 AM.