Originally Posted by cehan

When I installed my ARP head bolts, I called the ARP tech line to find out if it would be better to use the torque angle method of torquing the bolts rather than the values that came in the instructions with the bolts. The ARP tech guy said to definetly NOT use the TTY method with their bolts; that the TTY method would greatly overstress them. He told me to torque ALL the bolts (aluminum heads) to 60 ft. lbs., using ARP thread sealer on the threads and ARP lubricant under the bolt heads and washers. He also said that the 60 ft lb torque value would change if thread sealer and lubricant other than ARP was used. I was using the ARP stuff anyway, so I didn't ask him to elaborate on that.

Chris