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My 1987 factory shop manual states that the torque specification for cylinder head bolts is 60 to 75 ft-lbf, pg 6A3-31. This implies that you are using GM head bolts. So, I am at the top end of the spec. However, I have been using ARP head bolts and they spec 75 ft-lbf. Another provision is that this is for cast iron blocks.
I am sure that 65 ft-lbf would be just fine. How accurate are our torque wrenches, anyway. I use Craftsmen tools and I resign myself to accepting their torque markings as Gods truth.
I was referring to stock bolts, iron block, iron heads, which I don't think I have ever seen 75 used for.
I use a Snap-on torque wrench, and I don't think the warranty expires on that after 90 days like the craftsman ones.