Then it was time to get the heads torqued down.

ARP says to put their assembly lube on the threads, both sides of the washers, and the bottom side of each nut.

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Once that's done, it's time to start the torque sequence. ARP calls for 80 pds on the large studs and 25 on small ones, done in a series of 3 steps. I started the large studs at 28, then moved to 56, then finally to 80. The smaller, I started at 8, then 16, then finally 25.

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Using the following torque sequence obtained from Lingenfelter, I began the process.

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And, after about two hours, the finished product.

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What I know about engine building just tripled. Well done. Thanks for the info brother.

:captain:

Good job picking up Todd's slack. :peepwall:

Looks good Doug. You certainly catered to the picture whores on this site. Probably could of got that job done in 1 hour if you didn't have to take so many pics :mock:

But since I'm sitting here at work, avoiding doing any work, I appreciate it. Are you going to have the motor dyno tuned on the stand or wait until its in the car?

Big Dub,

Now that is a "legitimate" update.

Some people just post dyno results from nearly 2 years ago. :rolleyes:


lol

I hear you on the pics. A couple folks asked me about posting head stud install detail---so I obliged them.

Plan is to get it to engine dyno first. That way, if there's any obvious issues, I can deal with it before motor goes in---plus I know the tuneup in the motor is close at that point--although I know it will need some additional tuning once in the car for drivability, etc. If it's going to leak water or oil, I hope it will do it on the engine stand dyno.

D

LOL---I can only guess. I'll do some wandering this evening and see who posted dyno sheets from two years ago. That list is a short one i'm sure.

BW

Nice thorough work!!

Good to have you back Brett.

:guns:

Nice.