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Old 05-04-2010, 11:56 PM
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What happened was the place that did the heads only torqued the studs to about 20-25 lbs. Edelbrock said 45#'s. Not even close.
That one just unscrewed and fell out. Not one was tight and none had thread lock/anti-sieze or anything on it.
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