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Re: Valve rocker to head assembly.

To: schooler@erols.com
Subject: Re: Valve rocker to head assembly.
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:56:13 -0500
Bill Schooler wrote:

> Machining the head will NOT change the rocker geometry. <snip>

>From the whole chapter he writes on the importance of valve geometry:
    "If the head and block have been skimmed substantially, the
    pressed steel rockers can foul the springs or retainers just on
    the curved section nearest the spring."
-- Tuning BL's A Series Engine, page 307, 2nd Edition, (c) 1989, David
Vizard

Bob Allen, Kansas City


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