Thanks for the advice, Larry! I went to a local performance parts store this AM before I started and bought ARP's for both the flywheel and the pressure plate. (I had previously bought a set of flywheel bolts, but they were generic, probably made in China). I used this nifty tool from ARP to download the instructions for the flywheel bolts
but the instructions for the pressure plate bolts had "not been uploaded yet". How hard can it be? I took a chance and used my own improvised method: 55 ft-lbs (from my Haynes manual), blue loctite on the threads, and a little ass'y lube on the underside of the washers. Sound OK?
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1976 Silver/Firethorn. L48, 4spd. Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.