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memike said

Well I am happy you have the time and patients and knowledge to keep moving forward Aaron, Bill and Freddie are moving forward after a few steps back :coffee2: You all amaze me at the work/fun you all put into these /6 engines I truly love, and always will keep my eye on all the frustrations and care that is being posted here :cheers: Keep up the good work men :headbang:

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Memike and Aaron...


To answer some of your questions, no, Memike, we never write anything down, so the particulars of this build are just in our swiss-cheese memories... That's a mistake, I know, but we just didn't do it... Shame on us.

The break-in was just for the cam and apparently it worked because all those 12 lifters still look like new on their rubbing faces. I couldn't believe how good they looked.... it was the one encouraging thing we encountered.

The break-in (cylinder-sealing) must have worked because we have checked the compression at least four different times over the months this thing has been together, and it has always been 160-165 pounds on all cylinders.... until now.:disgust:

Aaron, we are going to try to O-Ring the block with the engine in the car. Tom did his like that, and said there is no problem doing it that way. I'll order the tool from Isky, tomorrow. We have the Fel-Pro gasket, like yours.

Loved the way the Toad sounds!!! I can't wait for video of the launch... :):burnout: