Torque On Exhaust Bolts

[Entice]

Hey guys,

Either tomorrow or Sunday I plan to have a go at installing my new GKTech dump and front pipe on my R32 GTS-t (RB20DET). I have a few questions. The first is how important is it that the bolts are at the right torque range? Obviously I'm not going to leave them loose, nor am I going to spend 5 minutes tightening one bolt really tight. Is it that crucial that I should go spend money to get a torque wrench of will what I can do with a normal socket wrench do?

Secondly, does anyone know of any writeups or other bits of information that might make this a bit easier on me? I'm not afraid to get dirty or spend a while doing it. I like playing around and learning; and if everything goes wrong I'll just drag its arse down to a workshop and get them to finish it.

Anything advice is appreciated,

Cheers,

Zac

[ORACLe__]

The approximate torque settings on nuts and bolts within this general area are about 30Nm.

I torqued all mine up to that setting (the ones I could reach with the wrench) and they are all perfect. No leaks.

You should be sweet just using hand tools man.

Make sure you just do them up tight enough. Don't go overboard ofcourse. Just until they feel tight.

If you use genuine gaskets, you should't have any dramas.

It is a piss easy job mate. Just make sure you put everything back to how you found it. It is like lego, lol.

Goodluck dude.

Cheers,

MaTT