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Old 03-17-2010, 03:27 AM   #8
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Re: THE PHOENIX Lives AGAIN ! - It's Alive, It's Alive !

Here is the difference Doc,

The old bolts (and the ones you have now) are not designed to stretch. The first heat cycles can allow/ cause everything to loosen up. So the bolts need to be re-torqued to account for that.

The factory bolts for our cars are torque to yield. Consider them as being springy, so when you torque them correctly, the spring stretches and the heat cycles are compensated for by the spring action of the bolt. Because of this they don't need to be re-torqued.

The bolts you bought are not torque to yield so they need to be re-torqued.

All clear now?
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