[DeTomaso] Bolt length

Daniel C Jones daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 15:24:37 EST 2007


> Ford didn't use separate washers on the stock head bolts.  The hex head of a
> stock bolt has an integral flange to spread the load.

The bolt is also reduced in diameter in the center.  The short botls in
the Ford Motorsport head bolt kit for aluminum high port heads were
the same length as the OEM 351C bolts but had hardened washers
instead of the flange and were constant diameter.  The long bolts
were the same but longer.

Dan Jones



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