Went ahead and put some valves in 2 of the heads. I found that about half of the valves had the groove cut to big and the clip would not seat into the retainer. I chucked them back into the collet and cut the grooves .002 deeper and they went together like they should.




Then I decided to install the rocker studs more perminent. They had been screwed in finger tight forever.




With the heads being done I nailed down my finished push rod length. I only had enough rod to make 12 rods but that will be fixed tomorrow.




Then a set of rockers were assembled and put into place. Nothing is adjusted with the camshaft not properly timed yet.




I need to get on the distributor soon but I have not had the drive to work in the garage lately

Steve you can slow down now you have already missed INDY for this year (;-)

(;-) TP

Steve you can slow down now you have already missed INDY for this year (;-)

(;-) TP

Yeah but there is always next year!!

The electrodes were made .002 larger than the hole in the cap. The wire gets threaded thru from the bottom and the brass is pressed into the cap.

What material is the Distributor cap made of? Looks like you will be able to see the spark when it fires. That should be interesting.

I must have missed when you polished and engraved the rocker covers. Looking nice.

Looks like your close to filling it with Torco?

Torco?

Turbo Blue!

HEY STEVE have you gotten those heads NASCAR approved yet   IF you need them flow tested I am your man ;-)

LOOKIN GOOD DUDE, (;-)TP

Scratch water pump off the list. Instead of tapping a hole to thread a fitting in the pump, I decided to recycle the fitting in the water neck and just solder it in. I had to sand blast the paint off and the rest was easy.



Still going to need some paint but the pump is 100%

Steve are you about ready to build a CNC cam grinder for those puppies ?

(;-) TP

Steve are you about ready to build a CNC cam grinder for those puppies ?

(;-) TP

Nope!  In the time it would take me to write the code I could make 2 by hand.