A couple things of note:

• I bought this on eBay. It's a "digital torque adapter" that has a range of 3 - 59 ft-lbs and is accurate within 2% at 12-59 ft-lbs. I'm looking forward to using it. I'm going to end up tightening the bolts on the IM using a combination of this and a 20-200 inch-lb torque wrench that i can get through Autozone's tool rental program. I figure that I can use my new toy to check the calibration of the Autozone wrench.
  
  
  
• A side benefit of being a vacuum collector is that I have vacuum parts lying around. Since I don't have a leaf blower, I was thinking of reversing the polarity on this vacuum motor and hooking it up to a coolant hose. How does that sound?
  
  
  
  The motor is actually inside that steel casing, where you see the nut in this picture:
  
  
  
• Here's the updated torque pattern that I have found. Does this look right?
  • Tighten the vertical lower intake manifold bolts (1) to 7 N.m (62 lb in)
  • Tighten the diagonal lower intake manifold bolts (2) to 7 N.m (62 lb in)
  • Tighten the vertical lower intake manifold bolts (1) to 13 N.m (115 lb in)
  • Tighten the diagonal lower intake manifold bolts (2) to 25 N.m (18 lb ft)

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