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Originally Posted by Rawknees'Turbo
All jokes aside, 99.9% of the experienced, professional engine builders agree that for a non-turbo engine, not built to hand grenade levels, the OEM steel studs are more than strong enough/work perfectly (and the OEM steel ones are inexpensive - several engine builders even sell used steel ones to people just wanting to replace the bottom row of dilivars). And of course, if you have a magnesium case engine, then case saver stud boss inserts should definitely be installed.
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Thanks. It's a 78sc so I believe aluminum. If I'm buying the studs should I replace all or just the dilivar? I think the answer is probably that even 40yr old steal studs will break, so do them all, right?