When I rebuilt my mustang I used high strength aftermarket studs and bolts when I put it back together. are their any aftermaket studs that are better and stronger/harder than the oem's? or should i just get a set of oems. I always like to replace the studs when I do a rebuild gives me extra piece of mind. Also does anybody know the thread pitch on the cylinder and head studs so I can get some nice stainless steel nuts.

 

My Oem studs are fine so I may not need new oem ones but if there are better ones out there I'd like to get them

 

anybody have any suggestions for studs? One of my head studs is shorter than the rest is that normal?

 

You might want to go with ARP head studs there one of the best and strongest on the market for vehicles. I'm a mechanic. And I also spent a year working in a speed shop so they were pretty popular in the race world. But they work well on non-racers too.

 

Factory studs are just fine . Even the old ones .

Rick