I put on a head with a steel head gasket (not torqued down) with good rockers and the right pushrods. I set the valve lash after putting some ink on the valve stem then turned it over through a full valve event. Both intake & exhaust had a pattern to the outside of center.
Does anyone think it's possible that the contact might move to center after the head gasket is torqued? I estimate the head would go down about .004" with the gasket compressed.
Any ideas?
New Manley SS valves that are the stock height. I may have lost about .002-.003" from the valve job. So it's possible that the valve is positioned as much as .007" higher then spec.
Verne
