Found a bolt kit on Ebay, wondering if it's something I should try to get for my car? What's your experince with these kits if any? They're stainless so they shouldn't rust I'd assume. I'm just worried about allen heads stripping, that's been my experience in the past with some stuff.

Whatcha think? (Engine is in 250 pieces right now, getting rebuilt.)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33553

 

IMO, I would stick with the normal heads and not the allen.

 

Any particular reason?

Another person I was talking to was for it..trying to get opinions and reasons

 

Stripping, like you said. The regular hex heads are more forgiving. Just MHO.

 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaanybody else?

 

It just seems to me there are more variations of tools available for standard bolt heads than for the allen heads. And with the tight spaces on our engines I want to have the max number of choices when I try to reach that bolt that's behind the flange which is obsured from view by the header which is a bear to reach around, if you get my drift.

 

Dave, Dave , Dave......Never drink and surf Ebay

 

I ended up using the kit you are talking about. We used ARP head studs, ARP header bolts, misc stock bolts where needed and the rest from the allen head kit for my stoker. We have had no problems so far with stripping or strength of the bolts...it was well worth the money IMO for the apperance factor, which is the main reason why I got it.

 

Stainless is alot softer also.


just my 2cents