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View Full Version : will edelbrock cam break-in lube replace ARP moly? 79rallysport 09-19-2005, 04:38:00 PM I was at a speed shop today to get some ARP moly lube so I could finish up my engine. They didn't have any but they said that Edelbrock's cam break-in lube PN#9260 is moly disulfide. Apparently the same thing as ARP moly lube. Does anybody have and reason to doubt this? ------------------ Webpage (http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ekopp1/) Lowend 09-20-2005, 12:27:00 AM Are you using this as break-in lube, or lube for threads? If its break in lube- that is fine for the Edelbrock stuff. If you are lubing threads it will effect torque specs ------------------ 1971 Camaro 383 stroker ~500HP M21 4spd 12" brakes 16x10" Wheels Autocross competitive Engine Designer - The Speed Merchant, San Jose, CA http://www.speedmerchant.com/ 79rallysport 09-20-2005, 07:44:00 AM I was planning to use it for torquing head bolts. I called up Edelbrock and they said its not moly based. I'll have to keep looking for some ARP moly lube. ------------------ Webpage (http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ekopp1/) Trainman 09-20-2005, 09:59:00 AM If you are torquing head bolts you most definitly do NOT want lube. You want THREAD SEALER. ARP makes lube and sealer - two different things. The Thread sealer is used on wet holes, like head bolt holes that go into the water jacket, and lube on things like rod bolts that don't enter a water jacket. If you don't use sealer you are running a serious risk of having water it is NOT supposed to be - like in your oil. AJ_72 09-20-2005, 02:16:00 PM Trainman is right. Permatex teflon thread sealer (the white stuff) works fine. APR's isn't any different. ------------------ 350CID, Vortec 062 heads, Magnum 280, Performer Intake, Holley 650 DP, 3.42 rear w/ Auburn posi, 2600 Stall/TC "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower 79rallysport 09-20-2005, 08:46:00 PM <font face="Arial,Verdana" size="2">Originally posted by Trainman: If you are torquing head bolts you most definitly do NOT want lube. You want THREAD SEALER. ARP makes lube and sealer - two different things. The Thread sealer is used on wet holes, like head bolt holes that go into the water jacket, and lube on things like rod bolts that don't enter a water jacket. If you don't use sealer you are running a serious risk of having water it is NOT supposed to be - like in your oil. </font> Yes I know all that. I'm using the lube on the washer and the head of the bolt, not on the threads. I'm using ultra-black on the threads. I should have clarified. ------------------ Webpage (http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ekopp1/) pdq67 09-20-2005, 09:21:00 PM A little daub of good old Permatex, "Indianhead Shellac Gasket Cement", in the shoe polish dauber bottle on each head bolt!! Put a daub on the threads and a schosh under each head b/c it's gonna end up there anyway AND you will be fine!! pdq67 |
