The 360 build that has more turns than Willow Springs
Evan, my numbers came in pretty close using that calculator. When it comes to dynamic compression and such, it feels to me that is going a bit further and in depth than what will affect this build of mine.
I mean no disrespect to others but some of the chatter about “triangles” and other minutiae just goes way over my head. I don’t see how it will make a measurable difference to what mild build that I am doing here.
The Cometic gaskets came in and as it has been mentioned before, they come with clearance issues in some cases. Mine only had a problem on the right side below the exhaust ports.
I used a flapper wheel on an angle grinder and made more than adequate clearance. The left side head cleared everything.
I’m curious though….
Why do aluminum heads overhang the decks so far? Stock iron heads don’t.
Here is another one… I’ve heard that the Magnum valve covers can fit LA heads but I can’t see how. The edge of this Holley valve covers is almost square.
See how the cover aims almost straight up from the inside edge of the gasket rail ?
Now look at the Magnum valve cover and how it is angled.
This interferes with the rocker shafts but these are Hughes….
Are the Hughes shafts longer than stock ?
I tried the Magnum valve covers on a stock 318 and it didn’t fit there.
In what application would a Magnum valve covers clear a rocker shaft?
Evan, my numbers came in pretty close using that calculator. When it comes to dynamic compression and such, it feels to me that is going a bit further and in depth than what will affect this build of mine.
I mean no disrespect to others but some of the chatter about “triangles” and other minutiae just goes way over my head. I don’t see how it will make a measurable difference to what mild build that I am doing here.
The Cometic gaskets came in and as it has been mentioned before, they come with clearance issues in some cases. Mine only had a problem on the right side below the exhaust ports.
I used a flapper wheel on an angle grinder and made more than adequate clearance. The left side head cleared everything.
I’m curious though….
Why do aluminum heads overhang the decks so far? Stock iron heads don’t.
Here is another one… I’ve heard that the Magnum valve covers can fit LA heads but I can’t see how. The edge of this Holley valve covers is almost square.
See how the cover aims almost straight up from the inside edge of the gasket rail ?
Now look at the Magnum valve cover and how it is angled.
This interferes with the rocker shafts but these are Hughes….
Are the Hughes shafts longer than stock ?
I tried the Magnum valve covers on a stock 318 and it didn’t fit there.
In what application would a Magnum valve covers clear a rocker shaft?