Torque plates?

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

Neal,
    the block distorts under the tensile stress of the head bolts being
installed/torqued. if you want that distortion compensated for, find a torque
plate and have them use it. any shop that knows what they are doing will have
one.
    if you are having your block bored at all, get the torque plate and have it
done right. some might say its a neglegable difference, but ask yourself just
how much $$ you've put into it so far. is it really worth cutting that kind of
corner?
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "VWAutox" <vwautox@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: Torque plates?


> I've got some JE pistons to go into my project. (They're BEAUTIFUL, BTW!!)
> The person who sold them to me pretty much insists that I have the block
> honed with a "torque plate", and the little slip of paper with the pistons
> mentions it too. I'd never heard of it before.
>
> The problem is that I can't seem to find anyone who has a torque plate for
> VW engines, and everyone else tells me it isn't important. I haven't called
> BSI yet (tomorrow), but I'm running out of options.
>
> How important is this? What is the impact of NOT doing it? Anybody know of
> someone in/around Florida?
>
> Neal
> still fighting Pandora's friggin' Box...
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l