Engine builders, any torque wrench reccomendations?
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Engine builders, any torque wrench reccomendations? For putting together an lsx motor, how high (ft pounds) of a torque wrench should I need? Planning on swapping some heads and in the near future pistons and rods also. Just dont wanna spend good money on a torque wrench that wont go as high as I need. Any brand reccomendations also?
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You can go to Sears and get there ft/lb it goes to I think 250 and a in/lb which goes to around 150.These should cover you for what you want to do except if you use ARP pulley bolt which calls for like 275 ft/lb but I just went till it clicked and then grunted a bit more.I've have a few more but it just depends if you want to buy a name or more cash out lay.
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You can go to Sears and get there ft/lb it goes to I think 250 and a in/lb which goes to around 150.These should cover you for what you want to do except if you use ARP pulley bolt which calls for like 275 ft/lb but I just went till it clicked and then grunted a bit more.I've have a few more but it just depends if you want to buy a name or more cash out lay.
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If you are using stock head/main bolts, you will need a torque angle gague too. I am really not a huge fan of the craftsman torque wrenches, but I think one would be fine for doing one motor, but if you are going to do a few, get a nice click type, I have a matco that I like quite a but, and the snap-on stuff is nice too. For almost everything except the balancer bolt you just need one that will do about 10-100ft/lb since they are only accurate within 10% of the limits I believe. But most of the cover bolts are 18ft/lb, main studs are 60 and 50, head studs are 80, as are the ARP bolts I believe. Anyway, 10-100 should do pretty much everything you need. If you want to torque some of the smaller bolts (intake/valve covers) you'll need an in/lb wrench too. Hope that helps.
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If you are using stock head/main bolts, you will need a torque angle gague too. I am really not a huge fan of the craftsman torque wrenches, but I think one would be fine for doing one motor, but if you are going to do a few, get a nice click type, I have a matco that I like quite a but, and the snap-on stuff is nice too. For almost everything except the balancer bolt you just need one that will do about 10-100ft/lb since they are only accurate within 10% of the limits I believe. But most of the cover bolts are 18ft/lb, main studs are 60 and 50, head studs are 80, as are the ARP bolts I believe. Anyway, 10-100 should do pretty much everything you need. If you want to torque some of the smaller bolts (intake/valve covers) you'll need an in/lb wrench too. Hope that helps.
