So after breakfast and showing off the engine to Mrs. Conclusion I decided to tackle the rocker arm installation and push rods. I spent about 2 hours reading multiple sources and watching several videos. And… I decided I am not yet comfortable with anything other than stock and the engine, at least at start up…

Now tomorrow I’ll take off the fan shroud and start setting the rocker arm geometry and push rods done. Now the new chromoly ones really had a heavy cosmoline coating on them. I was surprised at how much came off on the towels as well as what blew out of the tubes themselves. I’m going…

Today was a major day of accomplishments. Pistons and Cylinders So the issue I had with Cylinder #1 not going in yesterday was caused by the wrist pin / piston relationship. With some effort I was able to shift the piston towards the flywheel about 2 millimeters and it solved the problem. I was worried…

I made a change in the engine today. I had 2 days off and the weekend and I just could not let those go to waste so I decided to use the 85mm pistons and cylinders instead of waiting until Tuesday to start with the 87mm ones. It is only a few HPs so it…

If you’ve been reading my blog or my other social media pages you’ll know that I am no fan of chrome. It is fine in some instances such as bumpers and the occasional small thing here and there but overall, I really don’t like it. Chrome typically looks “cheap” to me, especially when used as…

The new alternator was done and ready to have the fan mounted to it. I think it will all work well together in terms of the colors I’m going with. I have no doubts it will get all scratched up before I even get it all into the car. I’m happy I’ve gone with the…

So after some back and forth on the Facebook forums I decided to configure this engine with the forged SCAT 1.25:1 ratio rocker arms. I’m going to dig out the AH engine’s stock ones that I previously disassembled and cleaned way back in February 2018. I’ll put those on the new solid shafts I have…

I wish I could say I got a lot done today but all I did was work on the tins some more. Now I know that there will always be a risk of scratching the paint. It isn’t like these are powder coated. So I’m trying to ensure they get solid layers with proper sanding…

So I accidentally cracked the base of a cylinder yesterday which more or less put everything on hold again in terms of assembly. A new set is on order and I learned my lesson the hard way. Tin Paint and Repaint I decided to pass the time waiting for the new set to arrive by…

So I’m following the Wilson guide on checking the initial deck height and I read the info incorrectly. Or more accurately, I read it literally. The books goes in to setting up 1 mocked up piston and cylinder at TDC but it states to not bother doing it with the rings on the pistons, or…