torque angle degreese?

[99 Formula]

i am putting my heads back on and my LS1 book says something about torquing them to 22 ft lbs first..so i did snug with a 3/4 turn..i dont have a torque wrench that goes down that far.. then it says ( and this is where i am confused and so are the local auto part stores) to torque the head bolts to a 76 degree angle? ..What The Hell is that??? can i just torque the heads to 76 ft lbs? what do i do now? :cuss:

[Sarge]

After you pre torque the bolt to the specified ft lbs of torque you then turn it so many degrees or angle.....I use a tool like this on my torque wrench...
http://www.toolsource.com/ost/product.asp?sourceid=google&dept%5Fid=500&pf%5Fid=70596&mscssid=UUCER5L9SLS88MW6TTET99L4KUNK1LN5
A lot of guys convert angles to degrees and use the 12 o clock 3 o clock 6 o clock method :)

[jsremmos]

check out ls1howto.com they explain it pretty good. You have to draw a line on the bolt and then turn it so many degrees I have not used this form but plan to. They sound like they know ther stuff on the site or just buy the tool.

[Hi-Po]

i am putting my heads back on and my LS1 book says something about torquing them to 22 ft lbs first..so i did snug with a 3/4 turn..i dont have a torque wrench that goes down that far.. then it says ( and this is where i am confused and so are the local auto part stores) to torque the head bolts to a 76 degree angle? ..What The Hell is that??? can i just torque the heads to 76 ft lbs? what do i do now? :cuss:

You have to torque in "steps" to be accurate.

Example.: 80 FT pounds. First go maybe 30, then 60 then end up with your full 80. Usually there are pre-set torque # to step it in. Like other guy said, draw line on bolt and/or the socket and use like Sarge said 12/ 3 o'clock method. Do this right, it is critical. Good luck!

[99 Formula]

worked out fine so far

[mrr23]

also, the torque angles are for stock head bolts. if you are using ARP, then you use their supplied torque values.

[SDMForever]

No! Get the bolts to 22 ft lbs. Then Draw a horizontal line on each one with a sharpie or something. Next you want to turn all 10 15mm bolts an additional 90 degrees using a large socket wrench and a lot of muscle. Try to get as close to 90 degreees as possible...you may have to do multiple turns of 30 degrees or 2 turns of 45 degrees. When done all the lines on the bolt heads should be totally vertical. This will take an immense amount of effort...if you have a buddy helping both of you should turn the wrench simultanoiusly. These 8 bolts will now all have horizontal lines on them. Next turn bolts 9 and 10 an additional 50 degrees. Again, this will take a lot of effort. 50 degrees should result in a diagonal line on the bolts. Finally torque bolts 11 through 15 to 22 lb-ft. Here is the diagram http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1/SDMForever/torquebolts.jpg