On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Tom, > > Maybe I wasn't following along at home or I misplaced my scorecard but > what's the purpose of installing the head without the gasket first? > > Because ARP wants their new studs to be torqued/loosened three times, before use. And I don't want to squish a gasket that many times. Hence, cycle the studs w no gasket, then I'll reassemble finally in the usual way. Spray permatex copper and all that. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100409/82b216fa/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com