cleaning up the slant six head

cjh said

Aussie Ford Falcons of the AU series 4.0 litre use 2 valves per pot, and have 7mm stems. I think the intakes have a 47mm head (about 1.85")....???
The 'XR6' has 41mm (about 1.61") exhaust valves.
If you wish, I could compare them stem length wise versus Slant valves....???

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that's where things get tricky... the stem height gets interesting. A RRR did with the 318 valves he had special spacers made to correct the swipe of the rocker on the longer valves. I have seen to many split stands and with the spring pressure im looking at will probably have to mill the stock stands off and use billet ones as well as thick "S/S" shafts.

but sure I would be interested if you have them laying around! OAL may be the same but how the retainer sits with the locks and grooves changes alot