APT (Advance Performance Technology)
David Vizard's company
I don't have the address, but it's in the index of the book
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:31:34 -0400 robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
writes:
>Hello,
>
>I've heard a lot aabout these ARP bolts and studs. Where do you get
>them?
>I'll be rebuilding my Midget engine in the next few weeks and would
>like
>to do it "right". I was going to get the high grade bolts from Moss,
>but
>if these are better I'd like to know who the supplier is.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Robert Weeks
>Durham NC
>1969 Midget
>http://www.woozy.com/midget/
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>At 3:49 PM -0500 3/18/98, Littlesuzn wrote:
>>Nina:
>>I would go with the ARP bolts/studs for the head, main, rod and
>flywheel. Look
>>at it as insurance. The old fasteners have probably been reused many
>times
>>over, causing them to stretch to a point where the torque values are
>useless
>>or at least compromised.
>>The above fasteners, while not cheap when talking just dollars, are
>far less
>>expensive than to redo the work if a main or rod bolt comes loose.
>Ball park
>>figures for the fasteners are in the region of $200 or so for
>everything. You
>>have to ask yourself, "myself, ' what would it cost me if the
>flywheel came
>>loose' " or " but look at it this way, I saved $50 on rod bolts by
>reuseing
>>the old ones..... now what was that price to regrind the crank,
>purchase a new
>>rod, and what do you mean it went through the side of the block? "
>>Think of it like a good pillow......... you get to sleep well at
>night.
>>
>>"Midget" Susan
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