The first time I went with ARP recomendations. Finger tight, using there prep grease. This time I used loctite and double nutted the studs and torqued each one in at 30.
ARP kind of knows why they recommend certain procedures. How's the stud going to come loose? The nut you are tightening is turning the same direction as driving the stud into the block.
Did you ever identify where the water intrusion originated from?
Is this the solid lifters on the hyd cam deal too?
