Pumpkin Update

8122pbrainard wrote: BuffaloBFN wrote: I got a thumbs up and a few horn bumps while I was cutting the grass. It sounds soooo good! The BFN must have been in the driveway since they certainly weren't honking at you!! Now if Amy was cutting the grass, that would be a different story!

OK funny guy.   

I live on a peninsula and the park/ramp is on the other side. They heard me go by and they've all seen me working on it. The peninsula is small enough(~50 houses) to hear the full run.

kytom2 wrote: Damned old big block!

I got a thumbs up and a few horn bumps while I was cutting the grass. It sounds soooo good!

And raising the compression among other things has had a marvelous affect on fuel consumption.

TRBenj wrote: Where would this new salty location be?

Mostly in my heart; we'll see. Our 10 year plan has changed in the last 3. The cool part is we have plenty of options.   

Woah woah woah, lets not talk crazy now! Where would this new salty location be?

Im not sure that there will be much worth taking pictures of, but we'll document our reinstall for sure.

Bummer that Lunati isnt excited about standing behind their parts.

Now go break out the GPS, youre killing me over here! Ill make the first guess at 53.6mph.

Going to pick up our roller at Fedex today, btw. Should be back on the water in Aug.

So did you replace them or are you running them at 0 lash? Maybe find a set of Delphi's or Speed Pro still makes good ones

BuffaloBFN wrote: While I still maintain that Lanier is hardly the wild west, it may have gotten a bit closer today; and if you hear distant laughter on the wind, it's coming from the bayou.

Greg: To quote your earlier post: "you give me too much credit..I fit better in the category of I've learned much more about my boat than I ever expected to" Humble you are, Yoda.

Great photos/videos. Nice work.

P.S. Glad they found the other brother. The not-knowing would be the worst part........

Bri892001 wrote: They played fine for me. Might be your connection speed? Sounds nice!

My speed isn't what it could be. On my end, I see valves not moving...they are.

They played fine for me. Might be your connection speed?

Sounds nice!

This is very close to the suggested 0 lash. If I had to guess, I'd say they're around 1/8 turn; or in other words, not much. I wish I could see the threads on top of each stud or the tops of the lifters.

I ran it hard and all seems well. The idle is strong and happy at 625 in gear(no more damper rattle). The vacuum reading is around the low side of 17 in the video and jumpy; after running it, it settled into a slight and 'steady' twich at 17.5.

I got lucky with the valve cover hacking. They held all of the oil...until I goosed it. Like the Bill Dance commercial-"Don't do that".

FWIW-my camera mic doesn't miss anything-it sounds looser in the video than it does in person

Hmmmm, you might have to do that with a regular link. Although, it looks like there is a way to embed a flash video. I've never tried it though. It mentions it in the http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/BBcodes.asp

Nice! Lookin' good, looking real good

I would adjust them just like solids only 0 lash and see what happens it is hard enough these days to get a flat tappet to survive breakin. Changing lifters now could wipe out cam

Looks like I'm back in business. After much deliberating, all I did was loosen #7 to 1/4 turn and looked the rest over. I'll run it tonight and look at the plugs to see what they have to tell. I do have a smooth idle now and the exhaust doesn't smell raw anymore. Woo Hoo!

Assuming things stay about like they are, I may pull it back apart in a week or so and see if I'm getting full and even lift. I'm trying to think of a good mic point on a roller rocker...might've looked before I closed it up.

Or should I be planning a lifter swap?