Definitely torqued the head to spec. And I have a witness, lol! Everything held fine. Nothing stripped. Now, i didn't use a Torque angle gauge but i was pretty damn precise with my 90's.

When I say front right, I should clarify. I mean on the driver's side and the first full size head bolt on Cylinder 1. I'll check it again to make sure it's not the vanos or something but it seemed pretty clearly that first head bolt.

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