Anyone have the torque value for the side exhaust nuts?

[PITT BOSS]

I'm a bit of a torque wrench fanatic. Will be taking out the factory side exhaust plates today & experimenting with the plates I got from 21012YellowBoss / no plates at all.

Was curious if anyone had the torque rating for the nuts in the restrictor plate area and the rocker panel bolt.

Thanks!

 

[4pipes]

Torque values aren't important for the restrictors plate, it's all metal to metal. Just torque the crap out of them. The rocker bolt has blue Locktite on it, just reapply and tighten.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

Exactly Good-N-Tight Ft-Lbs!

 

[PITT BOSS]

Exactly Good-N-Tight Ft-Lbs!

How many Newton meters is that? ;D

 

[JScheier]

How many Newton meters is that? ;D

Exactly 2.5 Fig Newtons. .5 More if you go with the fruit variety! ;D

 

[4pipes]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

 

[2012YellowBoss]

I have had mine off many times, I just snug them down and have not had any problems. Don't kill them as they heat up and it will be harder to loosen them next time.

 

[JScheier]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

I thought this was the preferred method for wheel lugs and head studs?

;D

 

[PTRocks]

Torque Specifications

Description : Nm/lb-ft
Exhaust side pipe bolts (Boss® 302) : 25/18
Exhaust side pipe-to-exhaust H-pipe nuts (Boss® 302) : 40/30
Torca® clamp nut (Boss® 302) : 48/35

 

[Dean#4AI]

Torque Specifications

Description : Nm/lb-ft
Exhaust side pipe bolts (Boss® 302) : 25/18
Exhaust side pipe-to-exhaust H-pipe nuts (Boss® 302) : 40/30
Torca® clamp nut (Boss® 302) : 48/35

Why are you ruining a perfectly good thread with tech?!? ;D

 

[cloud9]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

I'm sorry, but that's just hilarious ;D

 

[PITT BOSS]

Torque Specifications

Description : Nm/lb-ft
Exhaust side pipe bolts (Boss® 302) : 25/18
Exhaust side pipe-to-exhaust H-pipe nuts (Boss® 302) : 40/30
Torca® clamp nut (Boss® 302) : 48/35

Thank you for enabling my torque wrench mania! 8)

 

[racered302]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

HAHAHA! Had to laugh at this comment because I was thinking the same thing but didn't post it.On a more serious note, I used blue loc tite on the bolts, tightened mine until I grunted once ( lying on the ground arm stretched ) . It's not going anywhere.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

tighten to exactly one grunt, no more, no less

 

[PJWANNABE]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

HAHAHA! Had to laugh at this comment because I was thinking the same thing but didn't post it.On a more serious note, I used blue loc tite on the bolts, tightened mine until I grunted once ( lying on the ground arm stretched ) . It's not going anywhere.

The first time I used a torque wrench I set it to foot-lbs instead of foot-inches. You can guess what happened. :-[

 

[BlazinBoss302]

Tighten until the head snaps off, then back off half a turn.

HAHAHA! Had to laugh at this comment because I was thinking the same thing but didn't post it.On a more serious note, I used blue loc tite on the bolts, tightened mine until I grunted once ( lying on the ground arm stretched ) . It's not going anywhere.

The first time I used a torque wrench I set it to foot-lbs instead of foot-inches. You can guess what happened. :-[

That must have really torque'd you off when that happened

 

[PTRocks]

The first time I used a torque wrench I set it to foot-lbs instead of foot-inches. You can guess what happened. :-[

Probably the same thing as happened when I set mine to oz-lbs.

 

[PITT BOSS]

Blue locktite makes sense on the "rocker" bolt. What are your thoughts on anti-sieze on the 2 exhaust flange bolts (for future removal)?

You think it will "burn off" or help in disassembly in the future?

 

[racered302]

Blue locktite makes sense on the "rocker" bolt. What are your thoughts on anti-sieze on the 2 exhaust flange bolts (for future removal)?

You think it will "burn off" or help in disassembly in the future?

I don't think it will burn off, it good till 300deg. If it does, there' should be enough residuals in the thread to keep it from backing off. You can try it on a nut and bolt you have laying around, tighten then loosen it with your torque wrench to get a reference point, then use the thread locker, hit it with a lighter after it cures (24hrs for the stuff I'm using) then compare your measurements.It should be fine, but safe is safe. I posted the same question on one of the forums about a month ago and never got a response so I figure this is better then nothing, worked. But I haven't tried to take it apart since then because the 1/2" disk sound best to me.