head studs needed?

[kylev90]

Buying a D66 turbo in about a week. How badly am I going to need headstuds? Are they worth doing myself or should I not chance it and take it to my mechanic?

[Matt P]

You should be fine with stock headbolts and a D66, if your pushing over 40psi you should start worrying about studs if I remember correctly

The reason I did them was cause the engine was out and it was an easy time to do them for some extra insurance

[kylev90]

did you do the headstuds yourself? PITA?

[Matt P]

Originally Posted by kylev90

did you do the headstuds yourself? PITA?

My friend whose shop we pulled the engine at put them in and I watched, I had to pull the injectors out first in order to do it though, if you try to do it with the engine in the truck it will definitely be a pain. You have to do four rounds of torquing them down