Thanks for the warning, Bob!
That's the power of the list at work, getting information from across the
nation without leaving the garage.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
Cc: "Chris Kincer" <ChrisKincer@insightbb.com>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Smoking at the light
> All the above is good advice. However, I need to caution on the last
> statement - use iron guides. The stock guides are iron, but the
> replacement guides that are out there seem to be of dubious quality. You
> need to make sure that the guides have the proper holes drilled in them.
>
> To make a car 100% stock (for SCCA street prepared autocross), I needed
> new valve guides. The rules say STOCK guides. I bought a set from one of
> the big three, but when we ran a bore gauge trough the guides, we found
> the bores to be stock dimension on the ends but to .003" LARGER in the
> middle.
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