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Old 03-23-2005, 11:31 AM
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I am in the middle of a H/C swap and found their affair. It had to have been from a SERIOUS mechanical overrev when I missed 4th one time. I rolled the pushrods and their as straight as can be. Don't know about the valves but I'm not concerned. The car sounded completely normal so I don't suspect any shortblock damage.

Oh the humanity...the carnage....
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Have you done comp checks on your cylinders? I bet you have valves that are slightly bent and leaking pressure out, sometimes its hard to see a small bend.
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Have you done comp checks on your cylinders? I bet you have valves that are slightly bent and leaking pressure out, sometimes its hard to see a small bend.
Nah, I've got new heads anyway....I'll do a baseline comp check after running in the new combo though.
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Oh with new heads you should definantly be good to go!
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Originally Posted by Boostaholic
Oh with new heads you should definantly be good to go!
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good thing no serious damage was done...
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good thing no serious damage was done...

Or ... Is it bad? Breaking something is always a good excuse to spend more money1!!
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Looks like the pistons are already notch for you. LOL Might as well fiinish the job on the others.
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dont forget...while the heads are off...at a minimum...take off the bur from the marks the valves made
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Originally Posted by soundengineer
dont forget...while the heads are off...at a minimum...take off the bur from the marks the valves made
Of course, of course.

I may end up flycutting the pistons anyway. From every report the X1 cam is close. I'll see how close when I clay it.
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