If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a rod...sike

[Csutter35]

I wrote a long write up and it got deleted, I'm not rewriting it, so in short I'm rebuilding new block and I need torque spec for the whole car if someone has a manual but what I really need is torque number for the timing cover and timing tensioners on the front of the block and bracket bolts. My old engine threw a rod.

 

[joegr]

So, non-sport, 1st gen V8?

 

[Broseph]

I wrote a long write up and it got deleted, I'm not rewriting it, so in short I'm rebuilding new block and I need torque spec for the whole car if someone has a manual but what I really need is torque number for the timing cover and timing tensioners on the front of the block and bracket bolts. My old engine threw a rod.

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Sorry to hear that happened, I have the service manual but only in hard copy. I'm curious to know, but what happend in your case? From what I've heard and experienced, the internals of this engine (timing equipment aside) are pretty stout.

A suggestion if you have the means would be to update the secondary chain tensioners to the all metal if you can while you're in there (I can't tell from the images but you may already have them)