I have a B20B Vtec Turbo swap. I bought ARP studs and am just wondering if I should follow the ARP torque spec with the moly lube, fire up the car, then retorque or should I drive the car for a bit then re-torque. Finally, when re-torquing, should the car be hot or cold and would the torque spec changed based on if the car is hot or cold.

 

anyone

 

in my travels i believe that arp's need to be retorqued 3 times before they are correct.

 

yes 70 ft lbs with arp moly lube. im not sure if its necessary to retorque the head?

 

Called Arp and they said 65 fl lbs with moly lube. They told me to retorque only once after the initial install and cranking.