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Hi ! Very interesting thread at the right moment - as I´m just looking for new cam + valve train.... I decided to fit Crower 50320 ( similar to JE 101 ) with Crane lifters and Adjustable Pushrods , to avoid only averaged preloadsetting. Is there also a difference in congruence between lower balls fr...

Thanks Chris - I havn´t thought on this uncertain event , off course I ´ll do this to have a look on the valve guide - I´ll report ! Do you also have an idea on my second question - nobody here in Austria is realy common with V8 engines , especially with such a particular question . The surface of t...

Hi ! Exploring the reason why the follower ( exhaust 5 )didn´t do his work , also when the cam lobe had been nearly grinded down , I found that the base of the follower had been worn down so deep, that a tiny hole was appearing in the center of the follower base , where the oil was draining out - th...

Hi ! Now stripped inletmanifold an valleygasket to have a look on cam and followers - outlet 5 no cam lobe anyhwere and the follower is without pressure . There are only around 15K miles on this engine - what happened first : camfault and consecutiv follower destruction , or other way round. Maybe t...

Hi there ! I´m new at this forum and excuse my bad English .... Suddenly , running the V8 without any further problem or noise , there was very bad misfire over the whole revrange. Exploring the reason I first cleaned sparkplugs , changed leads , distr. cap etc. - no way . Removing the leads I found...