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All righty, This is my engine builder's input....... "Roller should be centered at 1/2 lift. At zero the roller is under center( closer to intake ). At full lift roller is over center ( closer to exhaust). Roller makes a sweeping pattern across the valve tip." He also suggest you do the following.... " Paint the complete valve train assm. with machinist dye including push rods,guide plates, valve springs,rockers,ect. Then assm. the valve train on the short block and hand rotate the assm. a minimum of 4 turns. Disassm. the valve train and look for wear/missing dye areas. Adjust the alignment of the affected parts, repaint the areas and repeat the process till all wear areas have been addressed." Hope this helps.... LARRY

I, for one, find it interesting and if your rule of thumb ( 5-10 hp/lbs for each 1 psi of boost increase ) is true for any type boosted engine set-up, I went from 6lbs boost to 10lbs boost in my set-up and gained 58 ftlbs of torque. This is almost 15 ftlbs per 1psi increase in boost. This is shown in the following thread. I also used the same dynojet shop for all my runs and I'm in the high 30's on pulls.... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=101200 LARRY

All righty.... I'll pass your info back to my engine builder today and get back to you after I see him. I've found out you can never have too much input with our "DAMN" types of set-ups.... LARRY

Check this link and go to left menu and click tran. manual rebuild kits..... http://drivetrain.com/ LARRY

Check this thread..... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100558 LARRY

FWIW.... I showed this thread to my engine builder and here are his comments..... "What was the valve lash set at originally and did the lash change? How much clearance is between the rocker arm and the valve spring retainer? Are the push rods bent or worn? Are the rocker arm tips centered with the valve tips looking from the exhaust side? It looks like you have 7/16 rocker arms on 3/8 studs. Guide plates and studs should show no wear at all." LARRY

Video link for 10lb blower boost upgrade..... Dyno run 5-10-05....... 58 ft lbs of torque gained from last dyno run in JAN. Hit 300 hp at 4200 rpm as opposed to 300 hp at 4900 rpm in the last dyno run. Lost some high end hp due to my Chevy 441 heads but gained at the low end where I wanted it. A/F ratio leveled at a nice 12.1, This now leads me to my next upgrade....... AFR heads, cam change, and a 25 shot of NOS.( my intercooler)... This will take care of my high end power...... LARRY

That car has no immaculateness.... LARRY

All over including FLA. Click on a city near you...... http://www.craigslist.org/about/cities.html LARRY

Don't ask how I know, in a few years they will fit great.... LARRY

Thanks, had me a little confused..... LARRY

Just my guess but after looking at some UK sites they seem to refer to rear wheel horse power (rwhp) on a dyno as backwheel hp or bhp. Here's an example.... http://www.dynamometer.fsnet.co.uk/what-is-a-dynamometer.htm Therefore there's no conversion needed..... LARRY

Hmmmmm.......... Let me ask some of the guys I spanked and I'll get back to you.... LARRY

No....... LARRY

Here's the picture of Oldestzguy's car and what a small world it is. The Bob Lapp he refers to as a Datsun racer is the father of the owner of RIO VISTA MUFFLER that has done all my custom exhaust work shown in this link. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=100914 LARRY

One circuit of the white from your voltage reg. that is "hot" all the time is a white that goes to the fuse box and from there it is a grn/yel to your 4-way flasher/ hazard switch. Do they work?? LARRY

Check this link out....... http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/6212/diffswap/diffswap.htm LARRY

Don't get me started about the 350Z crowd... I just came back from a trolling run on Airbase Parkway, main road to TRAVIS AFB , and a 350Z cames up on me like a bat out of hell. When his front end was even with my door I let my HOLLEY blower loose and gave him a good "spanking". We came up to the next light and I gave him a wave but he now had his blinders on....... LARRY

A woman walks into the downtown welfare office, trailed by 15 kids... "WOW," the social worker exclaims,"are they ALL YOURS???" "Yep they are all mine," the flustered momma sighs, having heard that question a thousand times before. She says, "Sit down Leroy." All the children rush to find seats. "Well," says the social worker, "then you must be here to sign up. I'll need all your children's names." "This one's my oldest - he is Leroy." "OK, and who's next?" "Well, this one he is Leroy, also." The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues. One by one, through the oldest four, all boys, all named Leroy. Then she is introduced to the eldest girl, named Leighroy! "All right," says the caseworker. "I'm seeing a pattern here. Are they ALL named Leroy?" Their Momma replied, "Well, yes-it makes it easier. When it is time to get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Leroy!' An' when it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Leroy!' an' they all comes arunnin.' An 'if I need to stop the kid who's running into the street, I just yell 'Leroy' and all of them stop. It's the smartest idea I ever had, namin' them all Leroy." The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her forehead and says tentatively, "But what if you just want ONE kid to come, and not the whole bunch?" . "I call them by their last names." LARRY

Welcome... Congrats on your son. If you have that picture on your hard drive e-mail it to me and I will post it. If not can you scan it to your hard drive and send it to me or scan it on someone elses comp. and send it to me... LARRY

Take a look at this link....... http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/engine.html LARRY

My friend, this subject has been beat to death on here . Search in the Fuel Delivery sub- forum on this topic..... Here is an example...... http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=92930 LARRY