ok so this engine is finally coming together and I am getting ready to break it in-and pretty terrified about it. So, question is this, it is a later model 261 58-62, I had the head decked 50 thousandths, turns out the guy that did the 7 angle intake valve job, and 5 angle exhaust valve job with porting and polishing-the head looks great by the way! Well it turns out that he only seated the intakes 30-35 thousandths and I am concerned about intake valve to piston clearance issues with my cam-specs below. Well since the head was decked 50, and the valves seated 30-35, and the valves were tipped to go with it- I need to check that value. But I am really worried about the geometry, the whole head (rockers/valves) moved down 50 in relation to push rods, and then there's this valve to rocker difference of 15-20 thousandths. So should I shim the towers 50 and then use lash caps to fill the difference, or just shim the towers 15-20 to correct valve to rocker geometry-I think multiple things might have to happen to order to fix this unless its no biggie, So all you gurus out on here that know this rocker stuff, I really hope ya guys could help me figure this out for sake of mind so that I can find the best set up for this engine so something does not blow up lol. If cam specs are necessary to know its a delta 3/4 (I know that's kinda vague and Archean lol) I think its 268 mechanical, .455....458? intake and .475 exhaust, thanks in advance guys
Oh and the block was not surfaced or cut on rebuild.
