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    13!!! No way. I'd have a heart attack. Man that GS last night was :00008040: Grrrrrreat
    I am amazed. This is one kick ass Cubbies game!


    Well @'Travis hope your pacemaker is turned up cuz it's tied in the 9th 6-6
    Chapman's not on it but still throwing 100mph pitches...hmmmmm

    • All tied up 1 a piece, hope it goes 7 games and the 7th game will go extra innings with the CC to win it! :thumbsup:


    Well it happened, now for extra innings in game 7 with Cubbies to win it in the 13th.

    Well I've gotten @TravAZ in the past and he did a great job putting it together. This year I decided to get it through Costco for only $19 and I chose my favorite pics of my SS...
    I guess that sounds a lil selfish...oh well...


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    Nice pic!
    Went for coffee this morning and sure enough;




    Next, since it's Fall...a photo of SS with trees turning colors.
    (this should be really easy for east coasters)

    From ARP;


    Description
    It is for good reason that virtually every top professional engine builder relies on ARP Pro Series head studs for their all-out competetion powerplants. Simply stated, theres not a better stud setup on the market today.


    For openers, ARP only uses premium grade 8740 alloy and a proprietart ARP2000 alloy that are rated far superior to "aircraft" quality alloy steels. Secondly, each stud is placed vertically into special racks and precisely heat-treated to 200,000 psi for the 8740 material and 220,000 psi for the ARP2000 material. This procedure ensures complete heat penetration and the results are far superior to those lesser quality studs from other manufacturers who just dump pieces into a basket and hope for the best.


    Following heat-treat, each stud is centerless ground to make sure it is as close to perfectly concentric as possible. This procdure involves about ten very slight cuts and results in an exceptionally straight part. It's important to note lesser quality studs are not even centerless ground - the material is thread rolled in bar stock form (mostly before heat-treat, when the material is easier to machine). Becuase ARP studs are manufactured to such exacting tolerances, you will note that gaskets and cylinder heads literally glide into position and are perfectly aligned - something that won't happen with inferior quality head studs.


    ARP studs are thread rolled after heat-treat, which gives them about 2000% (that's twenty times) better fatigue strength than those studs that are threaded prior to heat-treat (a very common industry practice). It costs a lot more to do it this way, because it's tough on tooling, but the results are well worth the extra effort.


    Premium quality 8740 and ARP2000 head stud kits are availablefor most all engines. You won't find a better quality stud on the market from any other source. Look for ARP stamped on each stud as your assurance of quality. Clearly, they are the best on the market today, and the favorite of leading professional engine builders in all forms of racing.