hardtimes
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just plain bill
Hey Bill,
I used the bigfoot Chrysler lifters in a '32 B block. Yes, I was aware that there was a possibility that some 'inappropriate touching
' MIGHT occur as you state...and that small grinding might be necessary.
As it turned out, everything was great, clearance wise. Yeah, besides being slightly larger diameter (which cleans up lifter bore nicely when reamed) , these lifters are TALLER than stock. The two ways to deal with that are to: cut the lifter body down to stock height AND stock bore size , as Dan M did.... or to: cut the valve stem down and renotch valve stem for use of modern chev type holders. Bill, I used this second way and it worked out great, because I used new flathead V8 isky springs and you can cut the stem and use any pre determined spring pressure this way..I used 85 lbs. seat pressure.
Hey Bill,
I used the bigfoot Chrysler lifters in a '32 B block. Yes, I was aware that there was a possibility that some 'inappropriate touching
' MIGHT occur as you state...and that small grinding might be necessary.As it turned out, everything was great, clearance wise. Yeah, besides being slightly larger diameter (which cleans up lifter bore nicely when reamed) , these lifters are TALLER than stock. The two ways to deal with that are to: cut the lifter body down to stock height AND stock bore size , as Dan M did.... or to: cut the valve stem down and renotch valve stem for use of modern chev type holders. Bill, I used this second way and it worked out great, because I used new flathead V8 isky springs and you can cut the stem and use any pre determined spring pressure this way..I used 85 lbs. seat pressure.
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