ARP Head bolt torque? asap...

You'll probably be fine. It won't hurt to back them off slightly one by one, and pull them up to 75-80 if you want to. You'll have to back them off a bit in order to over come the starting friction to get them turning and not exceed the torque you're trying to set. By the way, the ARP moly thread sealer doesn't set up - stays pliable; it's the best I've ever used. Next time, try it. It significantly reduces the friction of the threads so the clamping force can be achieved at much lower torques.

The torque spec depends on 2 things...the fastener you use and the lubricant/sealer you use, since your not using their stuff you'll just have to guess on the spec now, I ran into this when I bought my ARP's also, thats why I told you to buy their lube/sealer in your other thread...good luck

Like I said, if you got good clean pulls up to 70, and the pattern is correct, you'll probably be ok. But here's the deal - we don't know what impact the thread sealer you used has on the torque values - there's no way around that. That's why I try to use what they recommend, then I know what I'm dealing with. I can't believe that 'formagasket number 2', whatever that is, is gonna be a better lubricant for the threads than oil or moly lube. But I'm guessing at that. If it's a worse lubricant - that is, it creates more friction, not less, then you'd need MORE torque than spec to achieve the proper clamping force, not less. I looked at my ARP spec sheet and they called for 85 ft-lbs. on cast iron heads lubed with oil/70 ft-lbs. for cast iron lubed wiht moly/60 ft-lbs. for aluminum heads lubed with moly. You've got 70 ft-lbs. on cast iron lubed with who-knows-what. So you see - it's all a big guess. If you're worried enough about it to post, then I'd go back and put some more torque on them. But you seem to be trying to talk us into leaving it the way it is. If that's what you want to do, go for it.

The theory on the top bolts needing 10 more ft/lbs is to compensate for the lower intake being bolted to the head and pulling up, I just followed ARP's directions and didnt have any problems, 65 ft/lbs all the way around

I would GUESS you would need more torque using permetex, I'll let you decide how much more

SwampFox - yeah, my ARP torque spec guide makes no mention of different torque values for the different length bolts - go figure. I used the ARP moly-thread sealer and torqued my alum. heads to 65; it's been fine.

Seems like you want your cake and eat it too; if you're worried about the torques, torque on, and then recheck your rockers - although I doubt they'll change. If you don't want to recheck the rockers, then go ahead and crank it up. You're gonna have to make a choice - you can't have it both ways. Oh, ARP's aren't torque to yield - so you don't have to worry about that. ARP tells me they design those 5.0L head bolts to be at about 75% of yield when they are torqued to their spec.