found out i need the lifter bores bushed. The guy who originally built it( MRL, should have known better) decided to hone out the passenger side lifter bores... way to much clearance now.. just that side.. he had peened in the brass tube on that side to run a roller... unsure why he hacked up the lifter bores. More clearance ar the bottom f the lifter bores than the top. The mains were 15( way to tight) yada, yada... gotta drill the tube out, drill oil holes for lifters in the bushings so i dont have to pushrod oil. All will be fine.. but what shoddy work... and to think i was gonna run it.....supposed to have been zero decked, knew they were sticking out, but they were 16 out. Gonna chop the pistons to zero deck, relook at balance, etc...now i can run an 039 fel pro instead of having to run a thick cometic because of P to V
Heads came out nice, we went with a 2.05 intake valve. Should go 285 ish, big improvement over what they were( 255) porting unshrouding, nice 5 angle.
Just have to get the block bushed now and put it together.
Be couple weeks before its bushed, probably three weeks will have it back.... gotten so late now because of that setback that likely gonna wait till spring now to get it running.
Had planned to have it back this weekend, get it running, and drive it into my showroom....oh well, it pushes easy right now at least..lol
