pulsar paul
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hi guys. any one know what the limit of the standard head bolts should be? checking to see if i can reuse them and that there not stretched. cheers
checking standard head bolts!
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Dangerous Dave
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Dont reuse them get your hand in your pocket and dig that £120 out for a new set! ok some people might reuse them and i will hold me hand up and say that i have reused them on the likes of a fiesta,corsa ect but i would never reuse them on my pulsar!
pulsar paul
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well im going to be running standard boost etc with standard head gasket. ive had the pulsar for a few months now and aint driven it. if i find out that there in spec,im going to reuse them .cheers for the input
I'm pretty sure I read Boby's advice on this; you can re-use them at least once, but if you don't know the providence don't risk it and buy new ones. If you put them in last rebuild, then it's safe to use them again.
That's might not be exactly what he said, but I'm pretty sure it's the gist of it... and he's in France at the moment and can't dispute what I've said.
That's might not be exactly what he said, but I'm pretty sure it's the gist of it... and he's in France at the moment and can't dispute what I've said.
My opinion is that you should change them with some brand new bolts.
It doesn't matter how many times they were heated and cooled (actually the temperature is quite constant).....anyway ay 100 degrees there nothing hapening with them.....if you wuld heated and cooled them at approx 550 degrees then there might be a brittle metallic structure.
I remember from some old mechanical books in which there was stated that the head bolts are only for one use....after that you need to change them
It doesn't matter how many times they were heated and cooled (actually the temperature is quite constant).....anyway ay 100 degrees there nothing hapening with them.....if you wuld heated and cooled them at approx 550 degrees then there might be a brittle metallic structure.
I remember from some old mechanical books in which there was stated that the head bolts are only for one use....after that you need to change them
pulsar paul
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spoke to nissan themselves. they said that there is no spec on the head bolts and to go out and buy some up rated ones lol. dam it.looks like another month before i get it back together!!
pulsar paul
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which uprated ones shall i get and where from.
Standard head bolts are just as good. They'll be a lot less hassle too!
gtirjoey
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If not just as good even better!
red reading
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Just buy new standard ones You will be surprised to hear how many of us that still use them in high power cars as they are very strong,ARP have issue's in our engine's and many a car has had problems with them so don't use them (unless you want to take the engine apart again!!)
Have you tried a place called "Nissan"? I hear they sell parts for these cars... although Lawny tells me it should be Ford.
The search tool says.... "Cylinder head bolts------11056-54C00"
When I put that in google I get "CanadaGTiR.com"; now I can't be sure, but I'd guess they might know where to get the parts in Canada.
When I put that in google I get "CanadaGTiR.com"; now I can't be sure, but I'd guess they might know where to get the parts in Canada.
skiddusmarkus
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I have studs in mine, AFAIK they don't stretch so can be reused.The garage that built my engine sourced them from Tony Bardi IIRC.
darkyGTI-R
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Yeh that company AFAIK do allot of Pulsar parts for our cars!
