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1973 C10 "The Purple Truck"

Basic build
For the collector flanges I have some steel zinc-aluminum coated bolts and top lock nuts I'm going to use. The zinc aluminum coated are about five times as corrosion resistant as zinc yellow-chromate.
That is basically the only coating we can use on aerospace tooling on the Florida coast, nothing else lasts very long near the beach. The trade name is Mangi 365 sold on McMaster. Alternately, you can get the Fastenal Ecoguard coating or Geomet 321. They can basically be submerged in salt water and last 20 years.
 
To be honest I skipped to the end,I have watched his videos before he does a good job on them.
Yeah, I scroll through so I can see the little preview to look out for the charts that show the results...who has time to watch the whole video of anything these days.

Some of my torque wrenches are made by the company that makes them for snap-on on the USA. I'll find what brand it is, its less expensive that way.

Yeah, I like to use ARP's chromoly bolts for the headers because of the heat cycling issue with stainless.
Unlike 18-8 or 316, I have found the ARP stainless to hold up against the exhaust heat without issue.

You can also use 450 series, or even 17-4PH stainless but 17-4 is way more expensive than the standard ARP stainless.
 
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Yeah, I scroll through so I can see the little preview to look out for the charts that show the results...who has time to watch the whole video of anything these days.

Some of my torque wrenches are made by the company that makes them for snap-on on the USA. I'll find what brand it is, its less expensive that way.


Unlike 18-8 or 316, I have found the ARP stainless to hold up against the exhaust heat without issue.

You can also use 450 series, or even 17-4PH stainless but 17-4 is way more expensive than the standard ARP stainless.
CDI makes them for Snap on. Kid has the 3/4 inch version of that one.
It’s a beast!
 
4 ft with a 4ft extension. We had a 2000 ftlb wrench in the shop today. It’s about 10 foot long with the extensions.
Is that supposed to be more accurate than a torque multiplier? I have had to achieve 1200 and 1600ft/lbs a few times. That was a workout getting there when the bolts were pointed downward less than a foot off of the floor!
 
Is that supposed to be more accurate than a torque multiplier? I have had to achieve 1200 and 1600ft/lbs a few times. That was a workout getting there when the bolts were pointed downward less than a foot off of the floor!
Not sure if it’s more accurate or not. The easiest is hydraulic.
 
Mathematically it should be, strictly due to the multiplication or error, if there is any
 

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