Re: engine assembly

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/11/20 20:40:39

Lonny, it's not clear if you're asking about the cylinder head, rod and main bearing caps, or something else. But the answer is the same, in that era there were no torque specs and mechanics were trained to do by feel. Torque specs came later but can be retroactively applied to earlier cars.

Cylinder head fasteners should be clean and dry and torqued in 3 stages to about 63 ft-lbs. Start in the center and spiral out across and front to back. You'll have to use guesswork on the stud between the coils.

I'll check on bearing caps and post later.