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Old 03-04-2008, 10:02 PM
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started it yesterday....took about 2 hours to take it completely apart...taking my time...its my 1st time doing it. ran into some problems witht he rocker arms. they are the ford racing 1.6...i guess they started to "run" the roller was rubbing against the side and was making a litle grove...and noticed they looked like they got hot... assuming it was the pushrod clearence?....well i ordered the new ones today...installed the new cam...need to get a couple gaskets....have a question how to set the distributor?...any help would be appreciated....thanks guys
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:05 PM
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what h/c/i combo???
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:17 PM
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i got some protopline heads...and a comp cam...didnt get an intake yet....havnt decided
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:20 PM
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what size valves and intake runner on the heads...sorry just curious im in the market for ehads...probably going twisted wedge..but im still shoppin around
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:23 PM
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1.60 2.02i got a steal on them....cncd..with some port and polish...manly valves comp srpings brand new 700
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Old 03-04-2008, 11:50 PM
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daamn thats awsome..im looking to get heads now with a 170cc intake runner..that is a steal are they aluminum??
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Old 03-05-2008, 12:50 AM
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trickflow makes good intakes
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carsurplus, your sig pic is WAYYY too big.
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Old 03-05-2008, 11:44 AM
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haha yea man that sig is about 10x too big.
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What are we in the s197 section???[8D]


you pulled everything apart in 2 hours??? Wow I am impressed, my first time through it took me forever
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