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Originally Posted by kav View Post
The original rod bolts have a lobe near the head of the bolt while the ARP's do not, should I be worried about that? No.

The ARP's have their own 12 point nuts but the skirt of the nut looks very wide?

There seems to be a huge debate on the use of thread locker on the rod bolts? Use a liberal amount of ARP assembly lube on the threads and on the face of the nut.

I should buy a stretch gauge and measure the stretch over the torque? Yes.
Include the ARP rod bolts when you send out your rods to be resized.
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