Ford 289 Connecting Rod Torque

These 289 connecting rods are a great match to work with the forged pistons listed above to give you a strong rotating assembly of 289 forged internals.

Ford 289 connecting rod torque.

Outer 2 bolts of main cap bolts. Unquestionably the most important fasteners in any engine are the connecting rod bolts as they hold the key to the entire rotating assembly. The ford small block aka windsor windsor v8 ohv v8 pushrod v8 is a series of automobile v8 engines built by the ford motor company beginning in july 1961. Up to 5x stronger than stock bolts200 000 psi tensile strengthblack.

Engine oil blind hole sealer. Top of the connecting rod bolt hole to clear the radius under the head of the bolt. Outer main cap bolts. Ford small block engines the 289 302 and the 351.

These are the caps on the crankshaft. Over 6 000 automotive torque specs. Rod caps or rod bearing caps should be torqued to 45 lb ft for the 327 engine and 35 for the 350 engine. Arp high performance series rod bolts are forged from 8740 chromoly steel.

3 press the bolts into the connecting rods and install the rod caps. Then install the nuts onto the bolts and tighten them hand tight. For 289tp and boss 302 cylinder head bolts. They feature rolled threads and large cold formed fillets in the head to shank area for increased strength.

Search car torque specifications by engine or model. Ford 4 7l 289ci v8 engine torque specs. Installation instructions torque specs and bolt lubricant included. Connecting rod 260 289 302 289hp and boss 302.

4 use arp ultra torque fastener assembly lubricant to lubricate the threads of the bolt and the nut face. For 289 hp boss 302 cylinder head bolts. The engine was discontinued in new trucks f series after 1996 and new suvs explorer after 2001 but remains available for purchase from ford performance parts as a crate engine although sometimes called the windsor family by. Some variations of ford s 351 were actually big block blocks with small block uppers and some internals.

Connecting rod to crankshaft 45 ft lbs 540 in lbs 61 01 n m years. The rod cap is forged separately so that the grain runs perpendicular to the load forces which strengthens the rod.