Looks good Darth.
That titanium valve is very light.
My hollow stems weigh 87g and they are a smaller 2.165.
When do you think it will be running?

 

Hopefully in a few weeks. I have most of what I need already, but I'm not going to rush. I think I could get it by the end of next week if I rushed, but I'm not going through this again, unless it's by choice.

 

You are thinking.... wisely!

 

After what happened previously, take your time.
Be careful with those pushrods too.
I look forward to this build going well.

 

It won't be possible for the pushrod thing to happen again. I'm doing the VT outside the car to avoid the BS with the cowl. I'll just drop the motor in after the heads are on and the lash is set.

 

Good move.

 

God how i hate that cowl! Lol

 

Are you still planning on a Holley ecm unit?

 

Not until I have no other option

 

Exactly why im dropping motor out to change head gaskets. Set lash and install back in complete

 

The only bad thing about the llsr cams is the f body cowl lol

 

I know a guy lol

 

You have no other option. You just don't know it yet.

 

It's really not that bad to adjust the rockers and I know I'd be cussing if I had to pull the heads or change out the lifters in the 4th gen. Trying to see if your PR is sitting on the lifter is a PITA in these cars, especially on the back half of the engine which is why I'm cutting as much as I can and removing the AC from the racer. Having a good flashlight along with a magnet and mirror saved me from missing the PR with the lifter.

 

The safeties are what got me. With the money in the engine Holley has a lot of safeguards. But Darth is an absolute hpt genius so there's that...

 

LOL
One reason I really like the dart block, even though I didn't get one. With those windows, you can see the rod go in the right hole. If you pay a premium price, maybe it comes with the "woka-chi-woka" background music...
LOL

 

Cam is Degreed. Came in perfectly - at least as closely as I can measure.

 

Lifters are installed and studs in place. Going to use old hg to temporarily install heads and measure for pushrods. Hopefully tonight. If not, tomorrow lol.

 

Good to hear.
Post some pics of the heads on the engine too.

 

Pushrods are all coming in 6.6xx. Very short. My old ones were 8.1xx. I had measured the difference in cup height out of curiosity before installing, and the Isky's are 1.4xx taller. The cup is actually above the link bar on the lifters I bought. Seems strange maybe, but I'm really glad. All things being equal, a shorter column is stiffer than a longer column. It's actually really good for valvetrain stability. Going to remeasure tonight and confirm, and then order.

Also, for anyone interested -- with the adjustable rockers, many will think the way to do it is to center the adjuster and then measure. What I'm doing is maxing out the adjuster so the cup rests against the lifter body. I'll then order the pushrods .010 short. When I install, I should only have to move the adjuster in about .010 to find zero lash. This way, if an adjuster does come loose, the worst that'll happen is I'll have .025 lash like a regular full-sausage solid roller