BOTTOM END AND CASE INTAKE, EXHAUST & TIN
VALVE TRAIN AND HEADS FINAL ASSEMBLY
THE VALVE TRAIN AND HEADS ARE THE MOST CRITICAL
PIECES OF OUR ENGINE. WE HAVE PLANS FOR LARGE
VALVES, PORTING AND POLISHING, AND SOME PLAY
WITH THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER.
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TESTING THE NEW VALVE SPRINGS ROCKER AND LIFTER CARNAGE
HERE IS THE JIG THAT WE BUILT TO DONNY AT ACE WELDING THE ROCKERS
MAKE OUR RATIO ROCKERS
HERE IS A FULL SET OF WELDED AND HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE AMOUNT
MACHINED, (BUT NOT FINISHED), ROCKERS OF RATIO THAT OUR ROCKERS HAVE
HERE IS A SHOT OF SOME OF OUR HEADS BIG VALVES
WE ARE PLAYING WITH
COMPARED TO STOCK VALVES NEW VALVE BLANKS, SPRINGS, RETAINERS,
KEEPERS, SEATS AND GUIDES
CUSTOM ROCKER SHAFT SPACERS MADE BY OUR LIFTERS BACK FROM BEING REGROUND
JUSTIN AT ACE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE REGROUND LIFTERS CAM BACK FROM BEING CUSTOM GROUND
OUR STRAIGHT CUT CAM GEAR SET THE MATCHING SET OF CYLINDER HEADS
THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE
EARLY SPARK PLUG INSERT HEADS STRIPPED HEAD READY FOR WORK
COLTON CLEANING THE HEADS THAT WE LIFTERS ASSEMBLED WITH CUSTOM INSERTS
WILL BE USING
UNINSTALLED INSTERT AND BLANK LIFTER A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE ASSEMBLED
UNIT LOOKS LIKE
A VIEW OF THE PUSHROD CUP IN THE A SIDE PROFILE OF THE LIFTER INSERT
LIFTER INSERT
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THIS NEXT SECTION COVERS OUR EXPERMENTATION WITH OUR TESTING HEAD, NONE OF THE
WORK COVERED HERE IS FINAL. WE WERE JUST TESTING THE LIMITS.
CUTTING HEAD FOR NEW VALVE SEAT NEW INTAKE VALVE SEAT INSTALLED
CUTTING FOR NEW EXHAUST VALVE SEAT VIEW OF TOUCHING VALVE SEATS
VALVE SEAT OVERLAP JUSTIN CREATING TOOL FOR CUTTING
SPRING CUPS
UNFINISHED SPRING CUP TOOL SPRING CUP TOOL WITH BIT INSTALLED
CUTTING THE NEW SPRING CUPS JUSTIN FACING THE HEAD FOR PORTING
HEAD TAKEN BACK TO INNER HEAD NUT FACED INTAKE PORT
LOCATION
A VIEW OF THE UNPORTED INTAKE ART PORTING THE HEAD
A VIEW OF THE ROUGH CUT INTAKE PORT STOCK (VALVE SEATS REMOVED) COMPARED
TO OUR PORTS
A CLOSER VIEW OF THE PORTED INTAKE CUTTING NEW CUPS FOR LARGER PUSHROD
AND EXHAUST PORTING TUBES
PUSHROD TUBE CUPS LARGER PUSHROD TUB HOLE FROM INSIDE
THE VALVE COVER
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MACHINED PUSHROD TUBE HOLES IN THE JUSTIN MACHINING THE CUP FOR 1600 SIZE
CASE PUSHROD TUBES
CLOSE UP OF THE PUSHROD TUBE CUP A CLOSE UP VIEW OF TWO MACHINED PUSHROD
CUTTER TUBE CUPS AND HOLES
JUSTIN REAMING OUT THE PUSHROD TUBE A CLOSE UP OF THE REAMER
HOLE
ALL FOUR NEWLLY MACHINED HOLES VARIOUS STAGES IN THE ROCKER MAKING
PROCESS
AN ASSEMBLED ROCKER SHAFT WITH FOUR THE ROCKER SHAFT IN THE CYLINDER HEAD
OF OUR FINISHED ROCKERS ON IT
A STOCK ROCKER NEXT TO OUR FINISHED A SIDE VIEW OF THE ROCKER SHAFT WITH
ROCKER E-CLIP RETAINERS INSTALLED
WELDED INTAKE FLANGE AREA A CLOSER VIEW OF THE AREA THAT REQUIRED
WELDING IN ORDER FOR US TO PORT
WELDED PUSH ROD TUBE HOLES INSIDE A CLOSER VIEW
THE VALVE COVER
WELDED PUSH ROD TUBE HOLES TOWARDS WE HAD TO MOVE THE HOLES FURTHER IN
THE CASE TO COMPENSATE FOR OUR RATIO ROCKERS
JUSTIN MACHINING THE PUSHROD TUBE TWO FINISHED MACHINED PUSHROD TUBE
HOLES IN THE FIRST HEAD HOLES
A COMPARISON OF THE PLACEMENT AND JUSTIN MACHINING THE INTAKE SURFACE
SIZE OF THE PUSHROD TUBE HOLES DOWN
A VIEW OF THE MACHINED INTAKE FLANGE WE HAVE ALSO SCRIBED WHERE THE EDGE
AREA OF THE INTAKE PORT WILL BE
A FINISHED MACHINED INTAKE NEXT TO WE BOLTED THE CYLINDERS AND HEADS ON
A WELDED INTAKE TO TEST THE PUSHROD TUBE HOLES
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SLGIHTLY A VIEW OF THE PUSHROD TUBE HOLES
ASSEMBLED ENGINE HALF INSIDE THE VALVE COVER
JUSTIN PORTED THE INTAKE AND CLEANED A VIEW OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
UP THE EXHAUST PORTS
A CLOSER VIEW OF THE WORK DONE TO THE
PORTS AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER