Ford bolts or arp's?

[zman111]

I have read the forums till my eyes bleed.... and I know what 99.9% of everyone will say, but i still have to ask: Putting new head gaskets on my 6.0 and I have been told by a ford tech that there is no need to use the ARP head studs any longer because he says ford revised the head bolts and they are not a problem any longer. So my question is has anyone heard of this? Has anyone used these new revised head bolts he speaks of? I am still leaning toward the arp studs but he sure talked up these new ford bolts! what to do?

[Goose]

I would go with the ARP they are proven as where the Ford obviously isn't ...

[bondsman]

just go with the arps, its better than taking a big gamble with the factory bolts

[work&play]

I would NOT use the Ford bolts.
For $400 it is not worth taking a chance.
Just make SURE you get your heads checked and machined.

[npccpartsman]

LOL--Ford "revised" the torque to yield headbolts back in 05. They have been nothing new for at least 5 years. Go with the ARP's and don't look back.

[harley1rocker]

stop!!!,your gonna make my side hurt!!! do not put torque to yeild ford bolts back in there!!! as a matter of fact,when you get em removed,go to ford,sling bolt through store front window!!!

i love my ford,but those bolts suck!!! i cant really complain,they keep my sorry azz in buisness...

[azkcr]

Hahaha.. This thread made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Asking whether you should use TTY bolts or ARP studs is like a girl asking you if you want to watch The Notebook or go back to her place and get busy.

[zman111]

yeah I kind of figured this is the response I was going to get, hows everyone feel about the ford head gaskets?

[harley1rocker]

there okay if the heads are decked correctly,but fer nearly the same price you can get proven black onxy or victor reinz

[azkcr]

I've got no problem with the Ford HGs.
There is a 6.0 making over 850hp with ford HGs and ARP studs.

And I wanna know who the .1% is that says TTY bolts are better than the studs.