12-Pt Head Stainless Oil Pan Bolt Kit for Chevrolet 396-454 cid (w/ standard 2-pc. cork gasket)

12-Pt Head Stainless Oil Pan Bolt Kit for Chevrolet 396-454 cid (w/ standard 2-pc. cork gasket)The engineers at ARP spent quite a bit of time developing these highly effective, unique oil pan studs. Theyre designed to make it as easy as possible to install a pan and seal it properly. Youll note that the studs have a radiused bullet nose that serves to locate the pan rails, then allow the nuts to be easily installed without the worry of cross threading. For those who prefer bolts, ARPs got you covered, too. Both are available in black oxide

Special ARP Pro Series NASCAR type stud kits have one of the studs drilled to facilitate sealing the carburetor in the engine by race officials

and 1 inch sizes

Higher Performance Series: Made of 8740 chrome moly forgings and heat-treated to180

A sample chart is as follows: ARP offers a highly accurate stretch gauge with a dial indicator that reads in increments of

Most applications have undercut short bolts that can help eliminate head gasket failures through providing more “stretch” to compensate for theadditional compression of gaskets

Material 2: ARP2000

Lengths are exact – designed to provide positive seating every time

All carb studs include a nut starter nose (except where noted) and kitscome with hex nuts and washers

Available for both single and dual metering block Holley and Carter AFB applications

Far superior to any other main bolts available for use in competition engines

All hex nuts are rated 180

and meet the ARP “ZERO defect – ZERO failure” quality standard