[DeTomaso] Rocker arm alignment

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Thu Sep 20 15:16:45 EDT 2012


Have you talked to your engine builder about it yet? 

Steve 

----- Original Message -----
From: "sean mundy" <seanmundy at hotmail.com> 
To: "mikael hass" <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>, detomaso at realbig.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 12:33:18 PM 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rocker arm alignment 


The stress now is trying to figure out if I should just trust myself to fix it or send it back to someone who didn't do it right in the first place. Plus the pain of sending the engine back. 


> From: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk 
> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com 
> Subject: SV: [DeTomaso] Rocker arm alignment 
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:13:05 +0200 
> 
> Looks like crummy work. I would take it back. If you fix it, will you void 
> any warranty, if there is any? If I were the builder, I would, besides 
> hiding my head in shame, not warrant anything where the customer had changed 
> the alignment 
> 
> Mikael 
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- 
> Fra: sean mundy [mailto:seanmundy at hotmail.com] 
> Sendt: 18. september 2012 20:24 
> Til: detomaso at realbig.com 
> Emne: [DeTomaso] Rocker arm alignment 
> 
> 
> Just got my engine back from the builder. After I got over the bling factor 
> I noticed some of the rockers are not lined up directly over the top of the 
> valve stem tip. 
> See picture links. These CompCam rockers are installed on CHI 3v heads. 
> I've rotated the engine several times and the alignment doesn't differ. 
> All of roller tips are hitting the center of the valve stem so I think the 
> pushrod lengths are good. 
> It's just the offset side to side on a couple of the rockers that has me 
> worried. 
> Appreciate any opinions. 
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=38019 
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=38017 
> 
> 

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