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    that's excactly why I used it in the first...

    that's excactly why I used it in the first place...

    I thought it was wise to have some tough lubrication for the first "dry" start, when the engine is finally finished (still have a long way to go...
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    well, everything needs to be learned at some time...

    well, everything needs to be learned at some time :D
    maybe after I'm done, I might sell and start over!!:LOL:

    got flattops with only one pair of eyebrows, so there's only one possible way to...
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    YESS!!!

    finally...:p
    all 8 are in, everything turns and is torqued to spec...pfew! :3dSMILE:
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    :CRY: that's the problem! the rods have been...

    :CRY:
    that's the problem! the rods have been back and forth to the machineshop so many times, I don't know anymore what's what...
    ok, so they are matched to a particular piston, numbered 1 thru 8,...
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    yep! it turned before installing rods... ...

    yep! it turned before installing rods...

    besides the initial torque I need to get it turning (the moly-compound seems to stick a little?!) it turns relatively easy...

    but right now...nope, not...
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    Re: torque specs.

    :LOL: :LOL:

    hmmm...hope to accomplish something like that... but have trouble rotating the cranck right now, so I figure I have it a bit too tight right now! (only two rods mounted at the...
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    ARP rodbolt torque specs

    hello!
    can anyone tell me what torque I should use for the arp rodbolts for a FE engine?

    the instructions go as far as telling to prestretch the bolts with 50 lbs/ft (doing that 3 times in order...
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