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I made a stainless steel intake "stud kit" and am currently running it on my Ebock head Pond 482. I slotted the ends to enable install and removal by screw driver. I have had the intake off 2 or 3 times with the studs and they work like a charm. With studs you now have the ability to bolt down accessories such as fuel logs, fuel regulator and carb linkages. That's especially valuable on my Tunnel Wedge intake as it's pretty bare when it comes to bolting things to it.

BTW... ARP's FE intake bolt kit is really designed for OEM iron heads. You don't get enough "reach-down" to grab enough aluminum to keep from pulling threads out. Ask me how I know. With the studs I can torque the snot out of the nuts with z-e-r-o worries about screwing up a set of expensive CNC'd aluminum heads.

Dave