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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 01:27 PM
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Default Re: excess oil consumption

Originally Posted by G32BTurbo
reused the old ones
Get some APR, you can torque them tighter and not have to worry about the head lifting at high RPMs since there a stronger grade. That's most likely the problem. Use the torque spec they give you. I believe for my car it was around 60ft lbs on stock studs and with ARP I could go up to 80 - 85lbs.

Also you should re-torque the studs after a couple of heat cycles.