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    assessing roller lifters for wear

    i have 2 sets of solid roller lifters comp cams CCA-8043-16 crane CRN-69542-16 both have had very little use. but have some body wear probably from lack of splash oiling, rollers roll fine . basically i am selling all my gear , but i dont want to sell people junk even if its for a cheap price...
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    Rocker arm installation.

    It's 650 lift at the valve with the 1.65 ratio now. I'll have a look at the site thanks
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    Rocker arm installation.

    Ive tried to find some good info , but still in doubt. Side shimming on this setup , what is a standard clearance between studs ?? .010 to .015 each side of the rockers ? .030 total between studs ? and how accurate should the arms be over the valve stems, or should i try to keep pushrods more...
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    Rocker arm installation.

    Just bought my new t&d rockers for the indy heads after snapping the indy set. Want to install these correct. One thing I am just not 100% clear on is once all the pushrods are in geometry is all lined up and you are torquing down the shaft with rockers some of the valves are open and therefore...
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    warped intake

    cut out all the silicon front and back like butter, but couldnt get a blade of any time down the side at all.
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    warped intake

    i will try that out , thanks.
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    warped intake

    i love working on cars , but sometimes my patience gets the better of me. for future note does anyone have a good system to remove an intake. never seen one stuck this bad. was gonna try the engine crane but didnt have one at the time. started with soft pry bars, but the sides were like...
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    warped intake

    at first i was thinking the silicone would be fine, it measures 1.7mm or 0.07" but theres is a hairline crack on one side . but i am starting to think for a good head welding place shouldnt be too hard of a fix.
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    Air/ fuel tuning

    thought i would update yes, ended up tuning on the dyno. we ended up with a 25 main air bleed and a 73 pmain jet. i was more interested in idle and off idle tuning , but suprisingly this seems to get the tune pretty much spot on everywhere, we made peak power at 12:1 afr though ended up at...
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    warped intake

    bent from pry bar , yes lol front of manifold
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    warped intake

    indy 360-3 intake small block ,
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    warped intake

    i have warped the front of my intake indy. after lack of patience trying to remove. warped is an understatement . its at least a 2mm gap in the center . can something like this be fixed from a machine shop ?? ill try put up a picture soon
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    valve spring removal

    changing valve springs and rockers on indy360-1 head , indy to t&d rockers. what would everyone reccomend as best tool to remove the valve springs with heads on motor ??
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    i mean do you think too much rpm on the converter ???
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    Not sure on the converter. I have had no time to test the car just been taking it out on the street. U think too much ? 98 octane everywhere here which is equal to ur 93
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    Msd 6al hvc2 coil pro billet dissy.
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    410 Indy 360-1 ported 12comp 950 holley quench 039 600hp 545ftlbs 6700/5100 28locked timing Drivebility is great just low vacuum at idle which is making it hard to tune coming off idle.
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    What's first sign of too much timing doing damage just so I can keep watch ?
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    It made best hp on engine dyno with 28. I will have it on a chassis dyno soon. I could try it at idle and see what it does to the drop though
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    Rpm vacuum drop into gear

    Does anyone have a similar setup that can tell me if the drop seems standard. Neutral- 1500 11" vacuum Gear- 1050 5" vacuum 410 Locked timing 28 266/272 110 cam 904tf 5200 8"converter
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    Air/ fuel tuning

    also , spark plug #8 seems impossible to keep clean, always covered in black carbon .
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    Air/ fuel tuning

    back on my tune. have got most going very good. idle:13.5 off idle:14 cruise:13.5 sounds really crisp and goes good . only thing is the slightest opening of the throttle starts the pump shot, and brings it down to low 11 , maybe a 10. pink cam #1 28nozzle. primary. seems to want the instant...
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    hard engine starting

    i have no problems with the effort starting the car , its just if its causing damage and ive noticed most dont seem to have any dramas
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    hard engine starting

    nice tool , i will have to try and get one.
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    hard engine starting

    has an electric fuel pump , so i will fill the bowls before i try crank it
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    hard engine starting

    it will fire without anything or maybe a slight touch of throttle 30min or even an hour or 2 later . just after a week or 2 . very hard to fire . im just worried about washing the cylinder bores as for spark both coil and plugs wires had a great spark so no trouble there
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    hard engine starting

    50* here now bit early in the morning but i will be trialling this in 30minutes. ok i will trial both spark ideas. should i try every plug ??? fuel shouldnt be an issue , because i can see the squirters giving a fair shot down the carb. not sure if it matters. running no air cleaner on the...
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    hard engine starting

    i could also add that although same engine with a slightly smaller cam. the engine much preferd the startup from a slower cranking starter . this ones cranks much faster yet doesnt fire. this ones a cvr protorque 3.1hp
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    hard engine starting

    Starter is good and cranks motor very quick. Battery In boot. 10.6 volts is measured at the msd +&- under the dash. 67dart273 sorry I don't follow that spark test. Electric fuel pump, return system. My startup procedure I turn on fuel pump top up bowls. Then crank the engine and give it a...
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    hard engine starting

    well how hard should a motor like that take to start , once warms its fine. and cold start im talking ambient temp of 70. msd 6al ??
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