[BrooksZX3]

Jays2000ZX3,Nov 8 2004, 02:01 PM Wrote:Someone please explain to me why it matters.

Although I'm totally against guestimating, you're probably fine on the street if you have experience and can 'feel' close to the tightness required. If you track the car or run it hard, use a torque wrench... it matters.

btw... torque is defined as the force multiplied by length... so the torque is indeed a lb-ft or N-m. Here is a little nugget I recal from physics... the torque (t) depends on the force (F), the distance from a point on the axis of rotation to the point where the force acts on the object Â, and the angle between them (theta), so the magnitude of the torque is t = rFsin(theta). Yes, bring on the metric!

Or you can just look up the torque in your drivers manual :P :P