Engine builders, any torque wrench reccomendations?
03-10-2009, 10:51 AM
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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?
03-10-2009, 11:46 AM
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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.
03-10-2009, 12:01 PM
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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.
03-10-2009, 02:14 PM
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Some guys like the dial ones for certain jobs but the click is fine.Also when done using them run them back down to lowest setting and don't toss them ito your tool box with everything else.
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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.
03-11-2009, 09:39 PM
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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.
