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Them covers are nice Don, looks sexy

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I reported him, Steve. Should be gone soon.


Pat, I saw something tonight I had never noticed before. All of the motors laying in the shop have screw in galley plugs from the factory in the bellhousing area, but the other kind in the timing chain area. I guess the thinking is if one of the ones in the bellhousing were to blow you would have to pull the engine to fix it. Or maybe there is some other reason.

At least I got the engine all buttoned up today. I put screw in plugs in those two final holes and put the rest of the engine back together. Just have some accessories and pulleys to install, plus the clutch and transmission, before I can put it back in the car. I took the lifter adjustment down 1/2 turn and then an additional 1/8th turn, just to see if that will quiet things down a little.

I also installed a new pair of valve covers that my Son Don just bought me. These are 2 inches lower than the Edelbrocks I was running, but still clear my roller rockers (Don has the same pair on his T with roller rockers and they clear that one fine) The 2 inch difference will allow me to remove them to adjust the valves in the future, instead of having to pull the engine like with the other set. This week I am going to keep putting the motor together and hopefully by the weekend have it in and running again.

Here is the motor as I left it tonight.

Don

Pat, I didn't realize roller rockers made more noise than regular ones. Don has them on his T but he runs open headers so you can't hear anything from the engine at all.


Thanks Steve. Yeah, Don felt I took a little hit when I sold him the 46 so he bought me these as a gift. I didn't expect it, but they do look nice on there, now it will allow me to get the covers off to work on the motor. I am going to give him the Edelbrocks for his bucket because he doesn't have the same clearance issues I do.


Oh, Steve, your buddy in the UK missed out on that 39 Ford and is still looking. It sold, according to an email he sent me.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Pat, I didn't realize roller rockers made more noise than regular ones. Don has them on his T but he runs open headers so you can't hear anything from the engine at all

well some rockers more then others but its not uncommon .i just tell guys you could hear abit more valve train sound .guy had a crate ford sbf wanted me to hear it.he could not get the valve train sound out . ran great had some miles on it told him to live with it or try stock rockers .i never look in to it much but some cam lobe s and fast bleed down lifters come in to play and most all this ends up in engines with roller rockers on top

I just lie and tell people I'm running a solid lifter roller cam.

Don

Interesting - maybe mine are loud but just can't hear 'em - SVT 'E' roller cam, OEM roller lifters w/1.7 Crane roller rockers. I guess what my wife is saying - that I'm really almost deaf (thanks, Uncle Sam)

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I just lie and tell people I'm running a solid lifter roller cam.

Don

sure .i allways wanted the drive in back and long side the road has my GTO went down the road. you know to see .hear and smell it ? well at the time i had a 548 bbc 14.8 cr solid roller cam mid 700 lift 270 @050 cam .had built at the time a new headers 2.1/4 to a new exhaust with 4inch X pipe well anyway. i let a good friend drive it so i could hear just how loud it was in back of the car was not that loud till i got along side of it and you could hear the engine valve train hi cr engine over the ex as you got to the front of the car if i must say it was something. guys would ask me what the hell i had in that GTO ? HMMMM .....a 283?

Originally Posted by IC2

Interesting - maybe mine are loud but just can't hear 'em - SVT 'E' roller cam, OEM roller lifters w/1.7 Crane roller rockers. I guess what my wife is saying - that I'm really almost deaf (thanks, Uncle Sam)

HMMM .. yep what? did you say ? i have a hard time hearing any thing over the hi pitch ringing in my ears