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I would rather have a number on the final torque of the head bolts, not the 90 degree thing, is there any books or people out there that know a number for the final torque. The honda dealer said the final torque was 54 and that dont sound right. ive rebuilt a few honda engines and they were all above 70 ft lbs. my 90 accord is 78 ft lbs
 
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my book says...
step 1- 22 ft-lbs
step 2 - tighten an additional 90 degrees
step 3 - tighten an additional 90 degrees
step 4 - (new bolts only) tighten an additional 90 degrees... :lawl: thats for the 4cyl


v6:
step 1 - 29
step 2 - 51
step 3 - 72
 
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I know that, but thanks, i was just wondering about a number, i dont like that the book dont give a number, and hondas trying to tell me 54 ft. lbs. which isnt tight enough. But thanks for the response.
 
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The only things that need torqued that tight are the flywheel bolts and lugnuts. Hell, the crank pulley bolt is 181lb/ft.

I dont remember what I torqued mine to when I did the head swap but it certainly wasn't over 70lbs.
 
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every honda except 98 and newer torque over 70 ft. lbs. i know that for sure......
 
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Ok...well...??

It's 22lbfts? I guess if you don't believe us, torque them to 70.
 
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90 degrees is a 1/4 of a turn. How hard is that? If you rebuild engines, then go off your own instincts not Honda.
 
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Hahaha that was great Abdi ^. :lolhitting:

OP, I see your concern though - you want the exact specs because you don't want any room for error, whether you have experience or not. I'm probably in the same boat as you as far as that goes because I'll be tearing off the head soon and don't want to mess anything up on my daily driver.
 
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its definitely over 54, I've done mine twice and hit 79 during the 90 degree turn. I didn't do 90 degree turns for every bolt, I just checked what it went up to on the first one and tightened the rest at the same amount.
 
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