Any theory as to why the Ford and Chevies get the ARP hardware?

as far as the mopar mini starter the bolts go to the trans housing is a glide housing drilled and tapped for this???

they could easily put this fire out, theres still time.

While we're waiting on the metallugical report from Challenger340, does anyone know what specs these studs should meet? I wonder why the world rep. would say that their studs meet mopar specs. It's not a mopar-built block, and not an OEM application. If the ones tested meet ARP specs, or fall way below, the answer is clear. But what are the real minimum specs these studs need to be??

Well, It seems bad news always travels fast! I shipped 3 of these aluminum blocks to Australia earlier this year. Just checked one to find the no name main studs with ARP nuts and cross bolts.It seems to me incomprehensible that World Products are prepared to comprimise the integrity of these blocks and its future reputation to save perhaps $20 or $30 in production costs. Even if the ARP studs were offered as a $50 upgrade on the block purchase I doubt anyone would opt for the no name studs if they were given a choice. I, like others, thought they were fitted with ARP fastners based on the nuts and cross bolts.
AS TO WORLDS REPONSE:
I personaly work in the retail industry here in Australia and to me this could potentialy be a public relations nightmare for the company. In retail we work on the theory that every customer that has a percieved bad experience potentially up to 100 people will here about it directly or indirectly.
From World Products point of view this should be about damage control to there brand. It doesnt matter if their engine builder/representative vouches for the integrity of the studs we are past that now. More than one other competent engine builder has raised legitimate concerns with these studs along with the perception of customers who feel they have been deceived. World Products themselves by changing to ARP fastners in all future blocks only reinforces this perception. We all make mistakes in life knowingly or unknowingly and from a buisness point of view its how you choose to deal with the problem. In the interests of customer relations I feel World Products should offer anyone who purchased a block already and is uncomfortable with the studs a set of ARP free of charge. I hope someone at World Produts reads this post and gives it some consideration.

IMHO if going to an after-market block is to be considered an upgrade, to our performance engines, (and I bet World wants us to see it as such) then why would we spend that much money to upgrade to a block fitted with fasteners that could unravel it all?
Consider the upgrades folks here put into the main caps on factory engines, alum main caps, girdles, etc. It is obvious to me we would want the best fasteners in our new after-market blocks. Adjust the selling price accordingly. The Mopar blocks are already more $ than Ford and Chevy.
But wait! They knew it! They did put ARP nuts on them!

They got it half right, never heard of a ARP nut failing.

After all the problems I had with my first world aluminum block and now this I will never buy another product from world. I also know for a fact that when I assembled my engine the main studs had no markings on them. So as of this time even after 150 passes my car will be parked until the engine gets torn down.

Has anyone got an answer to the manufacture origin of the "no name studs"?

I can't wait for the metallurgist report!!! WORLD is too much of cowards to man up what "studs" they are... I bet it's cause they don't even know!

In Response to the above;
I will be shipping all the Studs in question, which I feel are defective, for a complete Mettallurgical Analysis, both Destructive Tensile & Non-D, Rockwell, etc., etc., full spectrum.




My point being,
stay tuned,
I WILL have a Full Report on the Studs, and their compliance with any "known" Industrial Standards ASAP.




This is great!
I anxiously await your findings!