Billet injector hold downs
- Thread starter blue09dmaxx
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Lol, define "needed". I put them in mine. With what's all wrapped up in it already I couldn't see not doing it. But, mine is way over built for what I really need.
I had an injector come loose once and got lucky it didn't break. When i built the motor i put a set in. I figure they are cheap insurance when you consider the cost or replacement injectors or worse if an injector comes apart and ends up in the motor.
When an injector comes loose it's generally at full throttle and it torches the head. I was lucky that we just had to double the coppers up and clean the bottom of the cup up but after that I put billet hold downs on. If you don't have the money for it right now it's something that can easily be added later when funds allow.
this is something i have been very curious on. if anyone with a lly,lbz,lmm has tried using the stock hold downs but studding instead of bolting the hold downs. to me, and i could be way off by saying this, but it seems like if a stock hold down is studded it would hold.
i just think it would take a hell of alot of pressure to break a hold down.
i just think it would take a hell of alot of pressure to break a hold down.
The hold down bends, not the bolts stretching that's the problem. I was gonna do that, but went with SoCal holddowns
Still rocking the stock hold downs and original bolts that have been reused half a dozen times or more.
it might just be me being picky about it because of the cost lol but i would like to see some bent ones or any stories of people running a stock hold down thats studded and how its working out for them
I did for along time, there are 3.0 and mod trucks with stock hold downs doing fine. I got a good deal on mine that's why I bought em
i run the socal billet hold downs. was going to try just the studs but just decided to do the billet hold downs.
We ran stock hold downs last season at 85-90psi, you could see the chatter marks on the sides of the injector tip nut where it was hopping around in the head.
