[Barry_R]

Hi Tom

I take all my aluminum head/ARP stud combinations to 90 pounds with ARP lube. I take the bolt combinations to 95 pounds. Fasteners get washed and test fit - if they don't thread in glass smooth they get wire brushed and fiddled with until they do. Washers get lubed and installed under either fastener. Fel-Pro 1020 gaskets go on perfectly dry, installed on surfaces wiped clean with thinner or brake cleaner.

So far I have had exactly two Fel-Pro 1020s fail since they came out - one where the customer was using a factory 427 head that had been milled beyond belief - the deck of the head actually collapsed. The other had a piston tag the head - not sure how he did that since we had at least .040 clearance (free rotation checked with no gasket installed).