longer intake manifold studs?

I've recently switched intakes and now the studs in the heads that
bolt down the intake manifolds are too short (they used to always be a
little bit too short, but now they're so short that the nut only goes
on about half way). Anyhow, pulled one out by double-nutting it so
they aren't stuck too bad.

So hopefully one simple question -- in a case like this does one
usually buy a longer stud, or does one just reinstall the existing
studs backed out a little bit more?

Thanks,
Scott

"Scott" > wrote in message
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> I've recently switched intakes and now the studs in the heads that
> bolt down the intake manifolds are too short (they used to always be a
> little bit too short, but now they're so short that the nut only goes
> on about half way). Anyhow, pulled one out by double-nutting it so
> they aren't stuck too bad.
>
> So hopefully one simple question -- in a case like this does one
> usually buy a longer stud, or does one just reinstall the existing
> studs backed out a little bit more?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

you could put them in a bit from bottomed, if needed... if you do use some
thread locker so they don't just twist in... My preference would be to buy
some longer studs, but that's just me...

I have long studs on my 1600cc DP Type 1.
I use 2 nuts on each stud to make sure the intake manifold does not
come loose.



On Aug 28, 9:54*pm, Scott > wrote:
> I've recently switched intakes and now the studs in the heads that
> bolt down the intake manifolds are too short (they used to always be a
> little bit too short, but now they're so short that the nut only goes
> on about half way). Anyhow, pulled one out by double-nutting it so
> they aren't stuck too bad.
>
> So hopefully one simple question -- in a case like this does one
> usually buy a longer stud, or does one just reinstall the existing
> studs backed out a little bit more?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

On Aug 29, 7:15*pm, Jim Ed > wrote:
> *I have long studs on my 1600cc DP Type 1.
> *I use 2 nuts on each stud to make sure the intake manifold does not
> come loose.


Using two nuts to lock the manifold down may not be such a good idea.
This makes it difficult when replacing the plugs.
I removed the no. 2 and no. 4 nuts or the rear most nuts on the
intake manifold to get the plugs out easier.






>
> On Aug 28, 9:54*pm, Scott > wrote:
>
> > I've recently switched intakes and now the studs in the heads that
> > bolt down the intake manifolds are too short (they used to always be a
> > little bit too short, but now they're so short that the nut only goes
> > on about half way). Anyhow, pulled one out by double-nutting it so
> > they aren't stuck too bad.
>
> > So hopefully one simple question -- in a case like this does one
> > usually buy a longer stud, or does one just reinstall the existing
> > studs backed out a little bit more?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Scott

I ended up going with the longer studs, and some of the 11mm nuts and
wavy washers for them. The nuts are a bit tall, but I made sure to
check and make sure the spark plug socket would still fit (closer
quarters than I'd like, but doable).