No harm- - -no foul. Lots of people with little or no experience in the automotive trade read these comments and take them as gospel, since "It's on the internet- - - -it must be right!" I've developed my own procedures after building all sorts of engines over the past 60-sometning years. On the ones that develop three or four times the power the manufacturer intended, I use some unconventional techniques such as using studs instead of bolts on cylinder heads, but I also research the proper torque procedures reccomended by the fastener manufacturer, not necessarily what the factory service manual reccomends. For instance, connecting rod bolts on Carrillo rods have a "stretch" specification rather than a torque spec. Some of then require around 90 ft/lbs or so to get the right preload to keep the bolts tight. I'll be using a set of recycled NASCAR rods in one of the 235's I'm building.
Jerry
