I chatted to Stuart after your interesting discussion on the whatsapp chatroom. My idea was to get the head properly gasflowed, ported and have the seats nicely done. He suggested that for a road engine like mine it would be wiser to spend my money on the rockers and LCB. This was before I knew the state of the head on my motor. Since I'm now having to get a new set of valves and guides and since the seats need to be cut, Dennis asked Mike (Engineer who works a few shops up the road) if he could cut three angle seats seats. So that is the plan at the moment. This is the first engine build I'm involved in and I hope to get a modest performance improvement and reliability.
The spare head has been massively ported, skimmed and has too much play in the valve guides. The seats have also been badly cut and the valve are badly worn. I was advised that it is not worth spending money to try and get it right.
The spare head has been massively ported, skimmed and has too much play in the valve guides. The seats have also been badly cut and the valve are badly worn. I was advised that it is not worth spending money to try and get it right.
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