OK, I am quoting somebody paraphrasing or drawing conclusions from SAE document J1701M - "Torque-Tension Tightening for Metric Series Fasteners" - so take this with a grain of salt or three... Any mechanics out there have access to this actual document?
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Originally Posted by http://realbig.com/miata/1998-12/1649.html
You can generally use anti-seize on a bolt as you see fit by applying a
simple rule of thumb: With anti-seize, the torque needed to achieve the
same clamping force is 2/3 to 3/4 that of the dry bolt. A 100 ft-lb torque
specification becomes 70 ft-lbs with anti-seize.
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So erring on the low end of a torque range using anti-seize is probably not a bad idea.