[Supras] ARP torque; fuel pressure gauge

[Jeff Mohler]

Well..I would not mount the guage hard to the engine like that.
Doesnt need that vibration/harmonics torturing it.

A line between rail and guage is the best way.

On 10/30/07, berniek at technicaldevelop.com <berniek at technicaldevelop.com>
wrote:
>
> Brian, Jeoff:
>
>     From ARP, torquing to 85 lb-ft produces stress which is 80-85% of
> yield.  So that recommended torque is still in the plastic region.
>
>     Also, wrote about fuel pressure gauge last night.  Fatigue of the
> bourdon tube is the only event which should cause leakage.  Nonetheless,
> next time I have the intake cam cover off, I'm going to repipe it with a
> 1/4 turn valve, since the cam cover prevents the gauge from being
> removed (in top of fuel rail 2/3 of the way back, bottom connected,
> tilted slightly backwards for ease of reading.  I have a modified stock
> FPR which works fine.
>
>        Bernie
>