Is 25 ft lbs a sufficient torque for a 86 ford 302's connecting rod caps?

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I already put the engine back together and have had it running up and down the highway for some time, nothing has gone wrong (yet). I got the 25 ft lbs from a mechanic I know and I triple checked through Mitchell and the shop manual.

Answer 1

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i have a fifty mile therorie .if you re build a motor .and it runs for 50 miles .what ever going to hapen will happen with in the 50 miles . so if it did,t blow itan,t going to . an 25 lbs is ok and use thred locker too .

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Answer 2

If that's what came from a shop manual somewhere then that's what you stick with. I always locktite the things in also when I"m assembling so nothing will vibrate loose.