I managed to get some ARP lube in the end. Thanks Stuart for your kind offer though.
I did try to buy some locally and the local auction site had a small sachet for $4 but it was in Australia and they wanted $15 shipping. I could only find large tubs of it in local stores. In the end I rang the guys who did my balancing. They are really an engine rebuilding place so I figured they'd have some. He mentioned they also get the little sachets in packets of ARP studs but they didn't have any about right then but if I could pop in and he'd give me some in little plastic bag. You don't need much for 8 bolts!
So the bottom end is all done up now to the correct torque (and it still rotates, handy!).
Since I was there I asked what they used on their head gaskets. He asked what kind it was and I said it was the copper kind and he said they always use a spray of Hylomar on those.
Simon
I did try to buy some locally and the local auction site had a small sachet for $4 but it was in Australia and they wanted $15 shipping. I could only find large tubs of it in local stores. In the end I rang the guys who did my balancing. They are really an engine rebuilding place so I figured they'd have some. He mentioned they also get the little sachets in packets of ARP studs but they didn't have any about right then but if I could pop in and he'd give me some in little plastic bag. You don't need much for 8 bolts!
So the bottom end is all done up now to the correct torque (and it still rotates, handy!).
Since I was there I asked what they used on their head gaskets. He asked what kind it was and I said it was the copper kind and he said they always use a spray of Hylomar on those.
Simon