[DeTomaso] More valvetrain for 6143

Dave Londry davel at emspace.com
Wed Jan 20 13:44:31 EST 2010


No sign of banging there Brian.
I will see them all roll before it's all over, for sure.

Now the oil management thing I don't know about.
The covers are chromy Morosos and they have nice clearance,
 but no structure to deflect oil around.

What does that look like in another cover?
dave

bfedoroff at twmi.rr.com wrote:
> In the first photo, It almost looks like the lock nut is hitting the rocker arm? 
> I can see plenty of clearance on the #7 intake but not on #8.  The roller tip 
> must be allowed to sit flat on the valve tip and roll across it as it pushes on the 
> valve. I would bar the engine over and inspect every rocker arm as it moves. 
>
> Also, I'm not sure which valve covers you have but you need a way to deflect the 
> oil from the push rods back down into the roker arm. 
>
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