Starting my engine build

[GRX]

40 over is always interesting. Often indicates the engine was rebuilt twice since 30 is the usual first step. Unless the cylinders were too worn for that the 1st time.

[edit] - looks like christmas all over again. Good to see the bottle of assembly lube along with the new cam.

[GRX]

You may be able to squeak by. Always be certain. At the very least color the valve tips with a marker & observe pattern the rockers make across the entire sweep of valve travel. See image in post #97.

[Mrturner1]

Originally Posted by GRX

You may be able to squeak by. Always be certain. At the very least color the valve tips with a marker & observe pattern the rockers make across the entire sweep of valve travel. See image in post #97.

I get what you're saying now. I'm making sure the rocker contacts the valve right in the middle of the contact point?

My timing tab is all set, so I'm dropping pushrods and lifters in now and then I'm going to install the rocker arms

[Mrturner1]

This doesn't seem right. These RockerLocs are supposed to thread on the stud, with the pivot ball under them flat side up. So how do you tighten the RockerLocs when the part you put a wrench on has to go down into the rocker where a wrench can't get to it?

[Mrturner1]

RockerLocs

[Mrturner1]

Hex end has to go down

[geezer#99]

Originally Posted by Mrturner1

I get what you're saying now. I'm making sure the rocker contacts the valve right in the middle of the contact point?

My timing tab is all set, so I'm dropping pushrods and lifters in now and then I'm going to install the rocker arms

So how did your homemade piston stop work for you?

[Mrturner1]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

So how did your homemade piston stop work for you?

Worked pretty good, I used an old head bolt lol I already had the tap for the head bolts from when I was cleaning the block, so I tapped the remainder of the spark plug after I got the porcelain and metal out