Headgasket and studs

[ORRadtech]

Well, I'm ramping up to replace my headgasket. Since the stock ones have proven to be less than reliable I'm thinking an upgrade is in order. I'll be ordering the ARP studs
Going that route do I need to upgrade the gasket or would a factory one work.
Also, is there a gasket kit that's available or am I looking at ordering each one separately?
The ones I can think of off hand are intake, exhaust/turbo, valve cover, coolant gaskets. Anything else?

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[Scootsmcgreggor]

Per Jesse at EMS the OEM headgasket is sufficient for even full builds. That said Mountune also just released a new headgasket that looks pretty nice. I ordered and returned one and it seemed nicer than the OEM, the rubber coating seemed a bit thicker. Woulda used it if I was sticking with the Ecoboost.

As for a gasket kit, I'm not aware of one.

From my memory:
crank pulley bolt x1
Camshaft gear bolts (x2)
crank diamond washer x1
Headgasket (duh)
turbo to head gasket x1
turbo to dp gasket x1
high pressure fuel tube (HPFP pump outlet to fuel rail inlet)
HPFP bolts x2 (the ones that bolt the pump to the head
turbo o rings (oil feed, oil drain, coolant feed and drain. Oil feed and booth coolants are the same size, oil drain is larger)

I think that's it....

 

[TeeLew]

^^^ All good info. I believe Jesse was saying that good head studs are severely backordered.

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