RE: 3.0L V6 cylinder head retorquing

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> The time has come to re-torque the head bolts on my rebuilt 3.0L V6
> (620mi/1000km). I am unclear about the process of re-torquing them. The
> service manual says to loosen the nuts one turn, then torque to specified
> value. Should I loosen one nut at a time and re-torque... or loosen them
all
> one turn and then re-torque in the tightening pattern?

One at a time!!  Loosen them all and you'll be doing head gaskets again..

> Another question:
> I am hoping to have about 1000 miles of break-in done to the engine by the
> next SoCal AROC driving school (two weeks away). Can I switch to synthetic
> oil after only 1000 miles of break-in? I would like to run RedLine 10w40
> synthetic oil at the racetrack... but is it too early??

You can switch to Synthetic right away, imo.  The sooner the better.

bs

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