bolt sizes for engine dress up?

[chad b.]

Some bolts, no matter how many times you tooth brush them with Simple Green, just will not look good. A lot of times the cad plating has came off, or rust, or what ever. So, I would like to get a list going of engine bolt sizes, at least the visible ones, for the 20/25/26 so that ordering new SS bolts for your engine will be easy. I'm gonna start measuring bolts every couple days and post the sizes up. I may be the only guy on here that pays that close of attention to detail, but if there is anyone else who feels the same way, please post up some bolt sizes. From valve covers to oil pan and everything in between.

[Carl H]

why not get them regalvanized?

[chad b.]

because SS socket heads look sooooo good. Mustang guys have it made. You can get an entire SS ARP dress up kit for a 302/351 for $160. damn it! I'm trying to talk Ricky into doing a kit for the RB.

[RRRRB]

i thought you were parting your setup out Chad?

[chad b.]

I thought about it. My motor let go after building the car for 4 years. It ran for a month. Bad tuning was the culprit, and it was devastating. I have gotten another long block, a little smaller turbo, and adding water/meth, so I'm changing the setup a little. This is, however, the LAST small displacement engine car I ever build.

[RRRRB]

who tuned it? Perhaps the tuner needs to take some responsibility..

[robbie2883]

chad...you can get almost every bolt you are wanting at ace hardware. oh....and i might be selling my meth kit if you're interested? shoot me a text

[advan_s13]

because SS socket heads look sooooo good. Mustang guys have it made. You can get an entire SS ARP dress up kit for a 302/351 for $160. damn it! I'm trying to talk Ricky into doing a kit for the RB.

sounds like a good idea.

[Miguelone]

Nissan be selling al dem s*** yo!

[Coolwhip]

Something we're considering but nothing that will be available anytime soon.

[l0nestar]

I replaced all of the bolts on my rocker covers, fuel rail (Including injector caps), and turbo heat-shield with SS Allen cap screws. It really made the engine 'pop'.

I will see if I can dust off some notes on what I ordered, size / dims.

[Darius]

L0nestar- Didn't I send you a set of black ones with black urethane isolators?

[chad b.]

who tuned it? Perhaps the tuner needs to take some responsibility..

Well, what happened was the CAS timing wasn't set up properly in the AEM. I paid someone to do the startup calibrations on the car, and he had good intentions, but he apparently didn't know AEM as good as he claimed. In the end, it had too much timing.