I know there's a range for what the lower intake bolts are supposed to be torqued to (13-18 ft/lb. maybe?). If you're nervous, stay on the low end of the specified range. My edelbrocks had heli-coils in them (whatever you have might too), so it really wasn't an issue.
You should recheck the torque on the lower intake after a few engine heat cycles.
He was referring to the lower intake bolts, as far as I know. I'm pretty sure I did all my lower bolts to 16 lb. ft.
Most tech books we have rec. 24 ft lbs, but for me that's way too much and have seen too many heads stripped at that high of a setting. I personally stay around 15 ft lbs if I do get out the torque wrench. I always use fel-pro gaskets, and never use the rubber or cork end gaskets, the "right stuff" is all I put on the ends.
I do mine three steps:
96 in/lbs
12 ft/lbs
15 ft/lbs
just to be safe but I don't see doing it in one step as a problem.
I recently had problem with the bolts tightening so I went to studs.
thats how I do um, but my threads are heli-coiled and I use studs so I can torque mine to 30 or 40 foot lbs without any problemThe instructions that came with my trick flow heads said to "just torque them by feel" LOL!! I know it sounds funny, but getting an exact torque reading on the intake is not super important, as long as it is torqued down enough to not leak.
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