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Am I the first to notice that the 2 spark plugs in question also have 'dirtier' looking threads on them? I had a problem with my spark plugs seating on my 408. I could actually see soot on the ends of my spark plug boots. At first I thought it was coming off of the exhaust but when I looked...

A further inspection of the old intake gasket might reveal that it's the source of oil making it into the combustion chambers. Are those few plugs oily or are they a combination of sooty and wet? I'd say that it's fairly obvious that your miss is coming from those cylinders. - But maybe...

Don't worry about it. - Not too many of us here with much dignity anyway. LOL. I'm sure I can out-bonehead you on stuff most days of the week.

Anxiously awaiting the results....

We had to use head bolts with the ARP head studs for our 512 stroker because the 2 center outside studs would not clear our TTIs. And like almost everybody else has already said, we've had to notch most of our aluminum valve covers to clear the intake manifolds.

Mine are dry as a bone. The intake was already installed on my motor by Mike at MRL when I received it. The only reason I attempted to pull out the back 2 plugs on the left side was the clearance issues with my linkage bracket. I sure couldn't get mine to budge. When I started grinding on...

Yours is the 2nd thread I've read lately concerning oil leaks. I think they come in 3s. - Or is that celebrity deaths? The intake MRL installed on my 408 had similar plugs. I tried to remove a few that interfered with my throttle cable mount and couldn't get them out. I ended up just...

I'm glad to hear you're getting to it. ABOUT TIME!!!!! LOL. I'd still like to hear the results from a track this year before you get the cal tracks on it. Those strips aren't closed yet.

It sounds to me that there is no proof that you have a timing issue. You said that the engine is pretty fresh which makes me think that a jumped timing chain is unlikely. You have checked for proper firing order, changed plugs, etc. Great. - Often it's the simple things that bite you...

Ditto on denting the primary tubes. The only one I needed to was the #7 (rear driver's side) but I could tell I needed to before I installed them. I had a hard time putting a bolt in that hole when I tested it ahead of time. I'd suggest trying to scope the headers out closely BEFORE you're...

But if yours fit like mine you will want to make sure that you are using small head bolts so that you can get a wrench on them. I used a few allen heads where they were really tight.

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RaniDart70 you ARE the man!! 35 minutes! By the time I finish scratching the places on me that itch, I've almost ate up that much time. Maybe all of your gremlins are hanging out in my garage. Heck, I spend more time than that hunting for tools. LOL.

An easy fix for the timing mark when you're using the older style water pump with the new cover is to make a new timing tab. Just line your harmonic 0' mark with the mark on the front cover as you normally would. Then make a new indicator on the other side of the motor and align the 0' mark of...

Although I've never intensely watched mine, My recollection is that their behavior was similar.

Rather safe than sorry. ;-) I'm practically a total moron compared to some of the guys on this site. They've sure saved my behind a lot. It's the main reason I decided to become a gold member. Good luck with her.

My recollection is that mine did not all rotate the same direction.

I can only speak from personal experiences. I've built less than twenty motors throughout my life and have only seen a few cams go bad (they were on other people's motors). The lifters I'd seen were scored pretty deep to where the bottoms were cupped and they could not spin.

I would think that rocker arm to valve cover clearance problems would not go away with more RPM, and more likely make more noise. Maybe your lash is set a little loose.

I think that everyone is hesitant to assure you that there's nothing wrong. No one wants to have said it's OK and then find out that you dropped a valve or something like that later. I seriously thought it might have been a bit noisy but not to the point that I'd be panicking. But I've known...

It's not the best sound clip but I wasn't alarmed by what I heard.

Now I suppose you could add a gear drive to drown out that valve train noise. LOL :scratch: :scratch: :butthead: :poke:

I know that you already realize that no one will be able to say for sure that there's nothing wrong. Even if everything was assembled correctly there's still those gremlins. I've seen a new cam eat up new lifters (Crower cam, Crane lifters) within the first hour of run time. Everything was...

Did you recently install aluminum valve covers? I've noticed valve train noise more sometimes after switching to them. I don't quite understand why but I remember when I first replaced my factory valve covers with aluminum M/Ts on my old Roadrunner years ago that it was noisier and I hadn't...

Thanks Mellow. That particular Permatex is the best gasket sealant I've found. The only complaint I would have about it is that it will tend to seep away from your gasket for quite a while after putting it on. Maybe I've been using too much? - But I usually figure that I will have a bit of...

I guess the most accurate means of reference would be to have a dimension of how far into the block the dipstick extends.

I bought some at NAPA. The 4 ounce bottle is part #80019.

I wasn't sure if this style was what you had in mind when you said you wanted to build a period gasser. I think it's a cool idea that is rarely done. I think you could pull some ideas off of some of those cars. Each of those cars had a distinctive personality before they were modified and...

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