Torque setting for valve cover bolts ?
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Racer
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From: Brandon Manitoba
Torque setting for valve cover bolts ?
Just installed new edelbrock chromed valve covers with felpro rubber gaskets. Does anyone know what the correct torque amounts for the screws would be ? Thanx Brent
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Originally Posted by vetteguy75
between 15-20 INCH pounds...NOT FOOT POUNDS...if you do that much you will STRIP the bolt......I speak from EXPERIENCE!!!! 
Not a whole lot at all. That's why you see some guys use the wing-type bolts. Hand tight, just enough. You'll know if they're loose.
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here's more spec's
http://www.gearheadracing.com/Refere...eSpecChevy.htm
In case you do something else in the future
Jim
http://www.gearheadracing.com/Refere...eSpecChevy.htm
In case you do something else in the future
Jim
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one half of one "grunt-pound". 
You want it tight enough to seal but not tight enough to snap the bolts. when you feel the gasket compressing, you are there so only go a quarter turn or so farther. Check them all again after a few miles. 
-Mark.
You want it tight enough to seal but not tight enough to snap the bolts.
when you feel the gasket compressing, you are there so only go a quarter turn or so farther. Check them all again after a few miles. -Mark.
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From: Carmichael CA
Originally Posted by stingr69
one half of one "grunt-pound".
You want it tight enough to seal but not tight enough to snap the bolts. when you feel the gasket compressing, you are there so only go a quarter turn or so farther. Check them all again after a few miles.
-Mark.
You want it tight enough to seal but not tight enough to snap the bolts.
when you feel the gasket compressing, you are there so only go a quarter turn or so farther. Check them all again after a few miles. -Mark.
