18-04-2019, 08:23 PM
Some interesting comments, to clarify mine, my experience with poor quality studs was probably also in the region of 10 years or more ago, I now make my own and prefer 24T steel. I was originally concerned abut the resilience of silicon base gaskets and wondered if we would see increased stud failures due to cyclic loading, you may recall me bringing this up when they first appeared. I had previously been a fan of gluing the joint together, however I have now used a number of them, nowhere near as many as R mind you, and to date they have been a complete success. The one under the most stress will be my Nippy, this is in a 75 type engine still with 3/8 lift cam, driven very hard over 15k miles now and still going strong. Since my accident I have retired from racing so can not comment on their use in those applications, Alan of course may well have experiences in this area behind his comments.
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