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Michael Oritt

Michael Oritt

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Does anyone have thoughts or info on increasing the cylinder head studs from 3/8" to 7/16" on an MGA engine?
 
Why would you want to do that Michael?
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AN bolts have a tensile strength of 13,800 lbs
Grade 8 has 16,560 lbs...

Who ya got building yer engine Michael???

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WhatsThatNoise said:
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Note to self--FAGGEDABOUDIT!
 
The Twincam uses the larger studs but I can't think of ny reason of benefit from doing that to a pushrod engine.
 
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