Head Bolt Torque Question
Only because Dutra has such a good rep in the forums.
I'm going to try and say this as respectfully as I know how. I like Doug. I think he's perhaps a genius. He's given more to the slant 6 community than probably anyone alive. Having said that, and I mean it, he's tore up more chit trying to do stuff different than what Chrysler designed than anyone I can think of.
And yeah, I know this is how you learn and find out what works and what doesn't, which clearly he's done. I had hopes for that aluminum engine he built he tried to put a deck on. I saw the pictures going in. I knew it would fail. He ruined an otherwise good rare aluminum slant 6 block. Gone. Forever. He even admitted it couldn't be salvaged.
Again, I know. This is how you discover new stuff. How you learn. All that said, there's no way I'd jack up the torque on head bolts 20 LB FT on someone's word no matter who they are when the FSM says 65. Ain't happenin.
