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Originally posted by cstreit
Are you sure you used the right stretch numbers?
It seems awfully weird that the stretch wouldn't be right at their recommended torque... Do you use their assembly lube? Did you torque a couple times to "break in" the threads?
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I had Raceware on the phone as this was happening.. The guy confirmed that this would happen..and said the larger 2.7 rod bolts needed more torque to get the stretch than the smaller 3.2 rod bolts..
this was going on in a shop w/a pro because I didn't have the proper tool.. even though the pro didn't touch anything.. [he didn't want any responsibility].. so, I was consulting w/the pro to confirm I was doing everything correct.. and he was watching everything I was doing like a hawk.. even thou my history has a bunch of Chevy rebuilds in it.. I didn't want to screw this up. and the pro wanted me to have a great rebuild..
That's my story.. not saying it's religion.. only saying what happened to me.. this happened over 40k miles ago.. and after the first 1,500 miles of break-in, the car did a 15k mile cross country and a brutal DE after that.. I was still testing my rebuild.. trying to get it to blow up.. after all that I was relaxed.. so the 2nd cross country, a few months ago, was stress free/whatever.