Im pretty sure i know the answer to this already i just wanted to be sure... Can you re-use head bolts or do they stretch when you torque them? Im pretty sure they don't but lots of other cars I've done head gaskets on do.

Thanks,

Ryan

Yep you're right. On EA82's you reuse the head bolts. Completely pointless to buy new head bolts.

 

What you want to do on those is get the Fel Pro permatorque headgaskets to save yourself the retorque required on all the others. Bump up the final torque value 5-10 pounds. That's what most of the folks well experienced with EA/ER engines do.