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Going racing

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:24 pm
by Hitchcock
Well, I was going to get to take the car on is first outing this weekend. Then disaster set in. I was using a piston stop to check to dead center and forgot to back the rocker arms off. The end result was a bent intake valve and a trip to the machine shop. So shooting for next weekend instead...

Bent bbc valve: http://youtu.be/XD6BevkQlxg

Re: Going racing

Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:55 am
by Carolina Kid
Damn that sucks!

Re: Going racing

Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:19 am
by John_Heard
Dang - was wondering what happened to that valve.

Re: Going racing

Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:39 pm
by Mike Peters
Sucks.....really does