Originally Posted by
mrblue
My main concern is, how much torque is enough, on the front carbon dropouts, to hold the wheel in place while not harming the carbon?
I'd tighten them pretty close to what I usually do, but I can't give you a number because of what I explained above as you were writing your second question. I never tighten front wheels as tight as rears anyway, but I don't stint of baby carbon forks any more that I do metal ones.
It's a front wheel, tighten it to where you feel you can trust it at any speed.