i'm getting ready to install my AFRs 165 and my crane cam. now i have never done anything like this. so i plan on buying a comp cam degree wheel kit. which comes with a degree whel and dial indicator.
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i already have a socket set and a set of both standard and metric wrenches. just wondering if i need any other tools, beside a torque wrench? (which i will be picking one up in a couple of days)
also what did you guys torque you aluminum heads to?
i read the usual run a heat cycle then back each one out and re-torque them. but i also read in one of the mags, a while back. when they did an engine build with aluminum heads. the heads where to be torqued to like 75 lbs. but they first torqued them to 70lbs. let them sit for a half hour then re-torque them to 75lbs. was just wondering what procedure you used when torquing your heads. oh yeah i'll be using cometic head gasket, if that would make a difference.
thanks
joe
i already have a socket set and a set of both standard and metric wrenches. just wondering if i need any other tools, beside a torque wrench? (which i will be picking one up in a couple of days)
also what did you guys torque you aluminum heads to?
i read the usual run a heat cycle then back each one out and re-torque them. but i also read in one of the mags, a while back. when they did an engine build with aluminum heads. the heads where to be torqued to like 75 lbs. but they first torqued them to 70lbs. let them sit for a half hour then re-torque them to 75lbs. was just wondering what procedure you used when torquing your heads. oh yeah i'll be using cometic head gasket, if that would make a difference.
thanks
joe