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Feb 25, 2007 | 12:31 PM

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Holly ****!! Well we all make mistakes but lesson learned! Good thing nothing else broke!

And damn i bet that enging take a lot of fucken fuel!!

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Feb 25, 2007 | 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1

Jesus christ man are you on crack? These main cap bolts on THIS BITCH don't even need 132 ft-lbs....
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/rta96c_crank.jpg

JK, they actually might...

Here's the link if you've never seen this thing before...

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

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Feb 25, 2007 | 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by brad8266

he didnt read the inch-pound part, first step is 132 inch pounds, second step is 22ft-lbs. he tried 132 ft-lbs.

lol, ok! I've done some dumb **** as well and really messed something up. longboard you got very lucky

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Feb 25, 2007 | 03:29 PM

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Sorry to hear about the mistake, and its good to hear it worked out for you. But as a general rule, always think about how big a bolt is and really consider how much torque it realistically can hold!

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