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Overtorque stock head bolts

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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Overtorque stock head bolts

Anyone know how much you can overtorque the stock head bolts? I know its a scary thing to do but I was jus thinking about it, and wondered if it would be worth doing. I know some of the extreme hp truck are running overtorqued bolts, but im sure there are some trick. Anyone have any input?
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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sounds scary to me...im doing studs right now actually, i dont think i would over tq the bolts, i would hate to break one off in the block.
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 02:07 PM
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I would say that any bolts/studs that are over TQ , are as bad or worse , once you go past the engineered spec , failure , or not , can not be foreseen , who's going to pay for that .
If you need more TQ engineer new bolts/studs .
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