Whats the actual head torq specs with the hex style arp head bolts i have seen everything from 60-82 ftlbs. Thats a bit of a gap.

 

ARP usually publishes instructions on their website.

 

I tried looking online but cant find the specs.

 

Then call them. It's way too important to take some stranger's word for it on the internet.

 

Torque goes with hardware size, , not brand, and is intended to provide clamping force on the parts.

SBCs use 60 - 65 ft-lbs on the head bolts to provide proper crush on the gaskets. DO NOT exceed 65 but be sure to exceed 60, as measured with a beam- or dial-type torque wrench WHILE MOVING; this means, NOT a "clicker". Use some kind of NON-HARDENING sealer on the bolt threads and under the bolt heads of all 34 bolts since every one goes into the coolant jacket. This means, NOT RTV of any kind. "Hi-Temp Auto Thread Sealer w/ Teflon" from Permatex/Loctite (can't recall which of their brand names they assigned it to) usually hanging on a card in the Sealer aisle.

 

So, i spoke with arp and they said 80 ft lbs with the studs i got. 70 ft lbs if it is bolt style, use a thread sealer in the water jacket holes and there torque past on the nut/washer side.

 

You'll get better answers, that apply to the parts you actually have, if instead of asking about "bolts", you ask about "studs". That said, I would NEVER put 70 ft-lbs on a SBC head myself; too much chance of the gasket blowing between the 2 center cyls, from the casting getting distorted. Kinda like how a valve cover leaks between the screws if you over-torque them, because the place in the middle bows UPWARD under those conditions.