No it was wrench tight. 14 ft/lbs is not that much, I don't know if that is the issue but possible.
As far as the vacuum leak situation goes, I just decided today to swap out my pcv valve from rjc to the stock one that was on it prior to the rjc. I did notice that the IAC number was in the upper 30's vs. the 00. BLM was the same value after the swap. I'm not sure if anyone will find anything from this... Still looking for any leaks that would spike the BLM value though. I might have to get a machine as mentioned to figure this out.