Torque Specs for Exhaust Manifold to Head and Backed Out Studs

['95EclipseGSX]

I really did it this time....... I am using the 1996 Eclipse manual which I downloaded online and it said to torque the exhaust manifold-->head studs to 36 lbs(on page 15-18) but then I looked later and found that on page 11B-29 of the same manual I think it says to torque them to 21 lbs. I read this after I tried to torque them to 36 lbs..

I have now looked at posts http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/new...haust-manifold-em-turbo-jpipe-o2-housing.html which says 36 lbs like I tried.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/420a-bolt-tech/26791-exhaust-mani-torque-specs.html says to do them 12-14 on the small nuts and 18-22 on the larger ones(on the outside edges)

Lastly I looked at this http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/bol...exhaust-manifold-head-turbo-torque-specs.html that says 18-22 lbs.

Which one is right? I am getting a half a dozen different torques and when I tried 36 lbs it backed 3 of the studs partly out of my head(one is about a quarter-inch backed out). They got tight and then at around 25-30 lbs they started to feel like they were loosening up. I had bought copper pinch nuts that I thought may have just not been able to take the torque(which I now am finding out may be over twice what should have been done) so I tried to put on the old nuts and those did the same thing. That is when I realized the tightening was backing out the studs. So my questions are these:

What torque do I tighten these bolts to on a 1995 GSX?

What do I do now that I have partially backed out 3 studs?

I got my head re-milled Tuesday and he had to heat up right around the area of the studs that are backing out, could that have damaged them?

If the torque in the manual is incorrect/I am reading it wrong how do I read it right/are there any other incorrect directions that will completely screw me over like this did?

Is there any way to get the studs to hold or use the same size or is my only option to retap the holes on the head to a different size? If so what size would that be and where do I find it? And would I have to drill the exhaust manifold? Would this weaken it?

I really don't want to make myself any more problems like this..

 

[alice]

I just did mine and I essentially torqued each of the nuts evenly starting from the middle and working my way out similar to torquing the head. I believe I torqued them to 20FT-LBS but it was quite hard to fit the torque wrench in there so eventually I just torqued them by hand until that all felt evenly dispersed. So far, zero leaks.

 

['95EclipseGSX]

I read that Heli-coils would work well for this. Can they handle the torque?Especially if it really is 36 ft-lb.