After investigating my insufficient valve lash adjustment, it is obviouse
that my substitute head has had .100" shaved off. Since it looked like it
had fresh valves and was very clean I was going to use it for the summer
till I got my original head rebuilt. Now I'll probably just rebuild my
original head.
Some questions though:
With a .100" shaved head, about what ball park would the compression ratio
be? I may do the measurements and math, but does someone have a general
idea?
With that much off, how do people deal with insuffient valve lash? If you
put in shorter push rods, doesn't that still leave bad geomitry that will
side load the valves work on the heal of the rocker?
Do people go to roller rockers?
Where would you get them?,
or the shortened push rods?
I see the steal compression lowering gasket in Moss, but for that price I
can just rebuild my stock head. Not sure how thick that gasket is either,
anyone know?
Any other thoughts on the sitution of using this shaved head vs. rebuilding
my stock one?
Thanks,
Curt Fisher
"Racing is life, everything that comes before, or after is just waiting",
Steve McQueen from Le Mans.
"Compared to Road Racing, heroin addiction is like a vague longing for
something salty"
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