Anti-seize compound is great stuff. But make sure you allow for its "lubricity" when you torque the plug or bolt. Typically you'd use somewhere between 25% and 50% less torque when installing something with anti-seize on it, if the given torque spec is "dry" torque. It's actually just as tight, but easier to get it that way when lubricated. At the very least, I'd reduce the torque by 20%. Personally, I use about 35%.
Having stripped my first bolt at age seventeen on my brand new Karmann Ghia (which resulted in having to pull the engine to helicoil that exhaust stud), I've learned my lesson about over torqueing bolts when screwed into aluminum... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
