Hey guys, I talked to Larry about this, but he doesn't know, or care, because he always replaces the 2.5 with a 2.2 when it has been overheated. 

I replaced the head gaskets, and it seems 700 inch-pounds is too much for the cam cap bolts. Feels like they will strip if I torque them that hard. When I removed them, they were nowhere near that tight. So what I want to do here, is torque them until I feel comfortable, and use red threadlocker to keep them there. Thoughts?

Front Cap 7.2 ft lbs ( 10Nm ) , Center and Rear 14.5 ft lbs ( 20 Nm )

you can get a factory service manual here: http://jdmfsm.info/Auto/Japan/Subaru/

that will have all info regarding teardown and re-assembly in it.. including torque specs

 

It was my mistake. I'm lucky I didn't break one of them. It turns out I was using the value for the camshaft sprocket bolts because I misread the text.

whoa, those camsprocket bolts have huge torque I think!