Torquing vs stretch gauge

[wxo]

Saw this article and found it interesting. Maybe you will too.

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/11 ... index.html

[TireSmoker]

I remember reading about this in the past couple years and thinking it was something new, but then I came across rod-bolt-stretch specs in my "How To Rebuild Your Small Block Chevy" book, which overall is fairly old.

It makes sense, although it's a little tough to wrap your head around the idea that your bolts are stretching -- those same bolts that you are trusting to hold your engine together at 6000 RPM!

-Dave

[markss327]

Any time you can actually measure something, anything, via an indicator, beats the torque wrench.

Although, I've never used a bolt stretch gage, in any of my rebuilds....