Main Studs
Nope! I just don't think they will help all the much. I think GM is smarter than some give them credit for. The bottom ends are pretty tough in these motors. If you rattle a motor you MAY have problems with or without studs. I just pulled mine down to check thinks and it looked good. I reused all the bearings. I think (fwtw) I lost my head gaskets at the EEP dyno day. We loaded my truck way to early and dropped it down in the 1800 rpm range with the nos on. It went over 1800 on tq before I could lift and shut it down. Shortly after that it started to use (push) water. Alls good now so time will tell if it holds the gaskets a little better this time. Jeff
Nope! I just don't think they will help all the much. I think GM is smarter than some give them credit for. The bottom ends are pretty tough in these motors. If you rattle a motor you MAY have problems with or without studs. I just pulled mine down to check thinks and it looked good. I reused all the bearings. I think (fwtw) I lost my head gaskets at the EEP dyno day. We loaded my truck way to early and dropped it down in the 1800 rpm range with the nos on. It went over 1800 on tq before I could lift and shut it down. Shortly after that it started to use (push) water. Alls good now so time will tell if it holds the gaskets a little better this time. Jeff