HELP! ARP torques... Dameon??

Post Tue May 13, 2008 2:38 pm

I have just fitted my ARP rod bolts and torqued them three times to 50lbs/ft as per the instructions..

The I was looking through Dameons thread:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... &start=450

and he said:

old_skool wrote:These are torqued to 70 lb/ft three times, on then off, using the molylube supplied. A 12 sided 11mm socket is required as they have different heads to the OEM torx style.

Should I have torqued to 70 ft/lbs? Does Dameon know something I dont???? (no sarcy comments here....)

Cheers... Jai

Post Tue May 13, 2008 2:41 pm

jaistanley wrote:Does Dameon know something I dont???? (no sarcy comments here....)

Cheers... Jai

Ah damn it..

Easy solution.. Ring them?

Post Tue May 13, 2008 3:04 pm

What, America? On my budget? Are you mental??

Post Tue May 13, 2008 3:18 pm

Well I just rang Arrow precision and spoke to their tech guy who assured me that the 6102 pro 2000 bolt should be torqued to 50 ft/lbs!

Phew.. Just a bit of shiny stuff paranoia there!

He also said that at the required torque they are still some 70% under their UTS and WELL within their region of elasticity so the chap at 70 ft/lbs (Dameons old engine) will 99.99% be fine aswell...

Post Tue May 13, 2008 3:19 pm

jaistanley wrote:What, America? On my budget? Are you mental??

No.. Arrow, as you've done dumb ass.. Some people

Some students just dont cope outside of uni