Me too but I use too much most of the time so I have cut back to the spec amount.

Red LT here.

Why not use a lock plate?

Nothing, tighten to specs, done. Have you ever pulled apart a 440 and found the cam bolt loose? Only rebuilt engines, mainly because the bolt-s were not torqued right.

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No he isn’t. Race cars are prone to vibrations at different rpms than stock production vehicles. Then most of us add solid engine mounting and there’s nothing to absorb it. There is not one good reason NOT to use loctite. Carry on.

Been doing this over 50 years, never seen any bolts back out when torqued to specs. I suppose you Loc-Tite your rod bolts/nuts, head bolts, crank bolt, etc.?

But I do agree with you, no reason not to use it. Just not mandatory.

^^^ agree, 100%. The very purpose of torque is stretch, every bolt in that engine had 5 engineers figuring out how it keep it tight. Every section in the FSM on the end pages have torque specs for a reason.
BTW I have had solid mounts high lift cams and big springs, nothing came loose.