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Price: $14.99
Automotive Racing Products (ARP) started in 1968, in Southern California. Their product line includes everything from engine and driveline fasteners for OEM replacement parts to exotic specialty hardware for the Formula 1, Indycar, NASCAR, NHRA Drag Racing, and Marine Applications. They produce a number of specialty products like cylinder head fastener kits, connecting rod bolts, exhaust manifold/header fastener kits, oil pan fastener kits, piston ring compressors, and more.
Because of frictional inconsistencies with oil, moly, and other lubricants it takes multiple cycles of torquing the bolt, loosening it, and tightening it again to obtain the required preload or stretch. Typically, when a fastener is first tightened, friction is at its highest point and the preload value or stretch is low. As the fastener is cycled numerous times the friction decreases and the preload increases. This phenomenon is called \"preload scatter.\" With ARP Ultra Torque assembly lubricant, a fastener need only be torqued once to get within 5 percent of ideal preload, and it remains consistent through all subsequent cycles (from race-prep machining through final assembly). Moreover, given the inconsistencies of ordinary lubes, it is quite possible for adjacent head bolts or studs to have vastly different preloads. This scatter causes bore distortion, hampers piston ring seal, and leads to poor head gasket sealing.
Volume:1.69oz.Quantity:Sold individually.Assembly Lubricant Usage:Fastener installation