Big Day, Starting to look like an engine Options

[DNHunt]

We're starting to get this thing buttoned up. I cut the pushrods today so we finished the valve train adjusted the valves to 0.0 lash (that's what Jake wants), started putting on tin and got the valve covers on.

Here's Gerry putting in one of the oil relief pistons

[Jake Raby]

In the old days we did them with a hacksaw! Then trued them on a grinder. These days I use a pneumatic tool used for custom arrows (archery of course) the pushrois exactly the sme OD as an arrow and it works great for accurate cuts that are true and exacting on every pushrod. The tools sets once and thats it! works well. When its all done the tip just hammers in place with an old lifter as a tool.

This is really not that hard, especially when I hold your hand. Dave needed very little hand holding! He needed less than any person I have ever sold a kit to and has done a magnificent job! Better than most professionals.

Dave does say that I need to charge more for sure- He saw what it takes to build a MassIVe Type IV! I average 80 hours in each engine start to finish....

Hey Dave, next time you need to go BIGGGGG up to about a 2739 or so! Its good for 240 ponies and the last one took me 200 hours of labor! I was ready to shoot myself.