Originally Posted by
martin-reyland
I keep these on the shelf but they differ from the Mountune type studs in that the machined recesses in the deck face are a smaller diameter which avoids breaking into the oil gallery, the fastening nuts are 17mm too which helps. These are obviously no good if your block is already machined for the larger diameter type.
I intend to insert steel rings (loctite sealed) into my block deck to use the smaller diameter O ringed long studs you mention.
Would be nice if the main supplier got them made in the larger diameter to save the hassle.