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Old 06-27-2021, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by steve25 View Post
I hope you had the tops of the valve guides topped for positive seals because this is a picture of the not enough retainer to guide clearance you will have at only .500” lift!

This shown is with a stock length exh valve and a stock retainer like I see your using on a 6X head.
Thanks Steve, we built the heads, and took some off the retainers and cut the guides down for Positive seals, so we made sure everything had plenty of clearance when we put them together. All of them have atleast .060" retainers to seal clearance. Thanks for the heads up though, much appreciated!

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