THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONCERNS, GENTLEMEN. THE UPPER LEFT STUD ON HEAD #1 WAS TURNING DEEPER INTO THE HEAD SO THAT EVENTUALLY IT IMPACTED ON THE COOLING FIN BELOW. WHEN IT IMPACTED, IT STOPPED (FORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT BREAK THE FIN) SO THE STUD AND NUT STRIPPED AS I CONTINUED TO TRY TO GET TO THE FINAL TORQUE VALUE BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AGAIN, FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO BACK OFF THE NUT, REMOVE THE CAM HOUSING COMPLETELY AND INSPECT THE SITUATION. THE STUD ALSO BACKED OUT WITH NO PROBLEM. I'M TOLD INSTALLATION OF AN 8MM TIME-CERT, A NEW STUD/NUT, REASSEMBLY AND I'M OFF TO THE RACES AGAIN! IT SEEMS ANY QUALITY MACHINE SHOP CAN INSERT THE TIME-CERT. DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE? OLLIE'S PORSCHE MACHINE SHOP IN CA HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING HAPPENING. THE MYSTERY IS WHY THE STUD TURNED INTO THE HEAD BEYOND THE END OF THE THREADS. CIRCUMSTANTIALLY, THE THE FORCE OF THE 80% TORQUE WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TURN THE STUD, BUT THE FINAL TORQUE WAS. A SET-BACK FOR THE PROJECT BUT NOT THE DISASTER I HAD ORIGINALLY SURMISED.
