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Lynn · 10-27-04, 10:38 PM

I mocked up a head tonight with the rockers. I was mainly looking at how the intake roller lined up with the valve tip. It is much better than the KSS 5060606 rockers, but, amazingly it isn't as balls on centered as I thought it would be or as the exhaust valve is. I don't think there is going to be any issue with running them, I just thought they would line up better. It could be the way the valve springs are set too. The stock AFR spring set up is actually pretty crappy and, as I have mentioned else where, the valve springs have way to much freedom of motion. So, things might line up better when I get the good springs, locators, proper retainers, etc on them. I really hope I don't have to reface the angle cuts on the valves and then reseat them. That would be an expense I hadn't counted on.

The one valve cover that I tried other than the Powered by Ford covers Ron is talking about, was a stamped cover that came on the crate engine I bought from Ford around, damn, 4 years ago now. It was a G50, ironic huh?, code motor (something like M-6000-G50) that was a 5.0 Ford Falcon over run engine. That's the motor thats in the car now. I had put some chrome covers on it and had these laying around.

And yes there is a lip of 1/4-3/8" around the edge of the heads, so that if I can get some covers that just fit, the lip can be machined to get them within a gnats ass of the rockers hitting them. I'll figure something out even if I have to cut the top off some covers and weld them to the intake :-). Hell thats what they did with the oil filler, right? Well its cast into the intake, but you know what I mean. I obviously don't want that heat on the runners so I am just talking crap, but I'll figure something out, but spacers between the valley manifold an the runner manifold will be absolute last resort because of the rear deck issue. It'll be fun making it fit, but one way or the other, It'll get done.

Regards,
Lynn

PS Dan, did you get my email? Whats up with the search thing. For some reason, that is really bugging me.

10-27-04, 10:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lynn llarsen Admin Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC GT40: Sabre Posts: 2,073 Rep Power: 29	Re: My Jesel Saga I mocked up a head tonight with the rockers. I was mainly looking at how the intake roller lined up with the valve tip. It is much better than the KSS 5060606 rockers, but, amazingly it isn't as balls on centered as I thought it would be or as the exhaust valve is. I don't think there is going to be any issue with running them, I just thought they would line up better. It could be the way the valve springs are set too. The stock AFR spring set up is actually pretty crappy and, as I have mentioned else where, the valve springs have way to much freedom of motion. So, things might line up better when I get the good springs, locators, proper retainers, etc on them. I really hope I don't have to reface the angle cuts on the valves and then reseat them. That would be an expense I hadn't counted on. The one valve cover that I tried other than the Powered by Ford covers Ron is talking about, was a stamped cover that came on the crate engine I bought from Ford around, damn, 4 years ago now. It was a G50, ironic huh?, code motor (something like M-6000-G50) that was a 5.0 Ford Falcon over run engine. That's the motor thats in the car now. I had put some chrome covers on it and had these laying around. And yes there is a lip of 1/4-3/8" around the edge of the heads, so that if I can get some covers that just fit, the lip can be machined to get them within a gnats ass of the rockers hitting them. I'll figure something out even if I have to cut the top off some covers and weld them to the intake :-). Hell thats what they did with the oil filler, right? Well its cast into the intake, but you know what I mean. I obviously don't want that heat on the runners so I am just talking crap, but I'll figure something out, but spacers between the valley manifold an the runner manifold will be absolute last resort because of the rear deck issue. It'll be fun making it fit, but one way or the other, It'll get done. Regards, Lynn PS Dan, did you get my email? Whats up with the search thing. For some reason, that is really bugging me.