R3W7 Assembly
13 months after buying them...I finally assembled the heads today. This is a significant milestone as it sure lets me throw out a lot of boxes!
Final specs are coil bind clearance of .070" and installed height of 1.92" (after shim/locator). With these tall valves, I could accommodate a lift of about .800 without too much trouble. The retainer-to-seal clearance ended up at .885".
For valve keeper retention during assembly, my choice is transmission assembly goo, and I used Royal Purple synthetic assembly lube on the valve stems.
I also have the rotating assembly back from balancing. I told them 'no grinding or drilling' on the rods and pistons and that worked out well thanks to the similarity of all those pieces. I didn't need any heavy metal, either, so no suffering there.
My two big obstacles left are getting the block clean and ..I have no oil pan, still. But those are surmountable.
Actually, the third obstacle is I don't have any headers and probably won't until I make some.
The fourth obstacle is I need several more thousand dollars to complete all this, and that need competes with my needs for more dirt bikes and pinball machines...
13 months after buying them...I finally assembled the heads today. This is a significant milestone as it sure lets me throw out a lot of boxes!
Final specs are coil bind clearance of .070" and installed height of 1.92" (after shim/locator). With these tall valves, I could accommodate a lift of about .800 without too much trouble. The retainer-to-seal clearance ended up at .885".
For valve keeper retention during assembly, my choice is transmission assembly goo, and I used Royal Purple synthetic assembly lube on the valve stems.
I also have the rotating assembly back from balancing. I told them 'no grinding or drilling' on the rods and pistons and that worked out well thanks to the similarity of all those pieces. I didn't need any heavy metal, either, so no suffering there.
My two big obstacles left are getting the block clean and ..I have no oil pan, still. But those are surmountable.
Actually, the third obstacle is I don't have any headers and probably won't until I make some.
The fourth obstacle is I need several more thousand dollars to complete all this, and that need competes with my needs for more dirt bikes and pinball machines...
