14mm studs require 150 lb-ft when dry. I re-torque every track day.
This is very basic. Ford built the car and they spec 150 lb-ft. Emotions and "opinions" should not factor into something this fundamental.
Last month I exploded 3rd gear on my 19 during a fast shift. (not no lift) Ford sent an engineer out to my local dealer to witness the disassembly and take the damaged parts for R&D.
Unfortunately I didn't get to snap photos or talk with the engineer when he stopped by.
New updated hard parts...
S550 with LTH and outlaws is insanely loud. Above 2k rpms your teeth want to rattle out. I had a friend with this setup and you basically needed earplugs for highway driving. I'd put it up there with Borla ATAKs and Corsa Xtreme levels of loud but with a ton of in cabin noise.
I lift at 240 CHT. Haven't hit the diff over temp yet at the tracks I've been to but I'd probably lift at about 280.
The Mt82d4 can and will overheat. I've got a temp probe on mine and back off about 280.
Fluids I change as follows:
Oil - when indicator gets about 30%
Trans - a season
Diff - a...