Quote: I have re drilled and taped a ton of these useing the LA intake bolts and 25ft lbs tq and have not had one of them come back yet. It was about 5 years ago I first did one and he drives it a lot but he does have a cast iron factory intake, all the others are aluminum intakes and not leaking either.
I've replaced several LA intakes without using a torque wrench and simply going as tight as I can with a short ratchet and haven't had a problem yet, so I can believe that 25 ft.lbs would be enough, but 12 ft.lbs sounds a bit low to me.
