Torque plates?

[rocco16v@netzero.net (L F)]

I know some listers will disagree (mightily) with me, but the torque plate
is not that important.
The slight amount the block will distort from the head/lplate being torqued
in place (maybe .0001") is minor compared to the distortion from the uneven
cooling/heating during normal operation.
Don't worry about it.

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: "Scirocco-L" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "VWAutox"
<vwautox@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: Torque plates?


> I've got some JE pistons to go into my project. (They're BEAUTIFUL, BTW!!)
> The person who sold them to me pretty much insists that I have the block
> honed with a "torque plate", and the little slip of paper with the pistons
> mentions it too. I'd never heard of it before.
>
> The problem is that I can't seem to find anyone who has a torque plate for
> VW engines, and everyone else tells me it isn't important. I haven't
called
> BSI yet (tomorrow), but I'm running out of options.
>
> How important is this? What is the impact of NOT doing it? Anybody know of
> someone in/around Florida?
>
> Neal
> still fighting Pandora's friggin' Box...
>
>
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