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Originally Posted by Speargun
Thanks for the replies.
Where can I buy a torque plate or find the specs to have one made?
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Years ago I called the place where machine shops rent their tq plates and asked if they had one. They said no but I asked nicely, well more like pleaded with them to get one for our Pontiacs. And they did ! Local machine shop owner said he did not have that kind of pull. But I got lucky and the guy must have been in a good mood.
Give it a try, all they can say is no. Sometimes phone calls do work.
There is a place that sells aluminum tq plates for engines for 360$, not bad. Somewhere there is a link to it around here.
Reminder, it does make a small difference in bore distortion with type of head, iron or aluminum. Same thing with tq plates.
The 461 I just did used a steel plate but will get aluminum heads. The 540 planed build I will make sure to get a aluminum tq plate.
It just would have been a major pain to drag up or buy a aluminum one. I should have just bought the one for 360$ and been done with it.
Remember, it does matter what kind of head gasket is under the tq plate when machined. You need to use the same kind of gasket in the engine itself.