Hi All,
The cam is installed and testing has begun.. And the bottom
line......The cam and compression work as anticipated! The engine runs exactly the same between 1,200 and 2,000 rpm...It
has a slight increase between 2K and 3,000 and above 3K it's like having a 20 mph tailwind..
I did fix a screwup while I
had the valve cover off.... The new grade 5, SAE washers I used
under the headbolts are about 1/16" larger on the O.D. This is
just enough to cause the V/C gasket to not seat completely at the
rear of the head...No room back there to see the resulting leak.
After machining the O.D. of the offending washer, the motor is
now leak free..
The mighty Rambler engine now breathes a little deeper and can
hold her own on "boiling point" grade..
