Drove the 68 Barracuda out of the garage yesterday. I had a list of projects that I wanted to get done when I drove it in the garage early last November. The car was running and drivable, the projects were aimed at making the car more of what it can be.
One of the project items that still is not right, when I put the roller rockers on, I also added a B3 valve train geometry kit. The B3 kit raised the rocker arm shaft around .230 which caused the roller rockers to contact the valve cover. I had made modifications to the VC to address the clearance issue, but they were not enough. The rockers were hammering pretty hard against the VC on the initial start. I added a second VC gasket. That stopped the pounding, but the rockers are still close as with my hand on the VC with the engine running I can feel a light tapping.
I believe that I will take the existing VC that I have already modified and section it and weld in a 1/2 in band to raise the top.
The good news is the motor fired up from its 6 month slumber without an issue. I drove the car around the neighborhood and it seems fine.
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