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96 4.0 Engine Girdle

Posted: January 10th, 2022, 9:36 am
by greers85
Hey all, I have been attempting to research what to do about the engine girdle. I guess the main question is really around the main bolts and if they can be re used in a build. I did not see where ARP offered a main bolt that would accept the girdle, i have seen discussions around the direction to go with this but do not think i have seen an agreed upon answer. If i want to use the girdle to be safe is it ok to re use my main bolts? Or is it better to have the ARP Bolts and for go the girdle all together. Thanks for any additional opinions on this or pointing me in the direction of better answers.

Re: 96 4.0 Engine Girdle

Posted: January 10th, 2022, 11:54 pm
by Cheromaniac
You can reuse your original main bolts. It's the rod bolts that you should preferably replace with ARP 112-6001 units.
At the top end, you'll also need to replace the head bolts if the original units have already been reused once.

Re: 96 4.0 Engine Girdle

Posted: January 11th, 2022, 5:40 am
by greers85
Ok great, now i just have to wait on the head bolts to get off back order. Summit couldn't fill them until MARCH!

Re: 96 4.0 Engine Girdle

Posted: January 11th, 2022, 8:32 am
by Russ Pottenger
greers85 wrote: January 11th, 2022, 5:40 am Ok great, now i just have to wait on the head bolts to get off back order. Summit couldn't fill them until MARCH!
I have both OEM and ARP head bolts in stock if that will be a help.

Russ Pottenger
Bishop-Buehl Racing Engines
531 N. Lyall Avenue
West Covina, California 91790
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Re: 96 4.0 Engine Girdle

Posted: January 11th, 2022, 12:03 pm
by greers85
Ok thank you.