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This is one of the reasons I went to studs instead of bolts

You and real steel are right ! You do seem to be having a run of bad luck. When I bought my TA heads, I had the valve pockets machined for a roller cam, but springs put in for a solid cam, then when I had enough funds, I just had to change springs,retainers,p/rods etc, and my geometry was good to go...

Can’t help with the guide plates, but did Lloyds supply the cam,followers and push rods ?
As not all makes of followers are the same size ?
Did you get this resolved ?

This is what happened to my organic clutch 5.0L ,TA headed, 6:71 supercharged, roller cammed goodness

I have the old twin plate McLeod on mine, and through the years where the quest for more power resulted in finally killing the clutch . I found a company that made me a twin disc ceramic clutch, utilising the McLeod pressure plate, I now have a clutch I can’t break ! My T5 has the quaife internals,a...

Do not wrap mild steel headers ! It makes them rust quicker,
Don’t ask how I know
I have stainless headers that I wrapped, really reduces underbody heat,

Thank you for the update, looking forward to the next one !

I have it, IMG_8486.jpeg I’m running a fair bit of boost, I have 8 injectors in the “hat” and 8 in the manifold. You can see the water/meth injectors above the blower. I’m using a fuel tech 550 to “run” everything. Under boost, most of the fueling is done in the manifold, the water/meth keeps the ro...

I had a 390cfm Holley, Real Steel upgraded it for me, but that was a lot of years ago

It’s good you paid with a credit card !
You’ll have no problem with Serck,they did some work for me years ago

Pic of gaskets I use, with part numbers,
Please note, inlet gaskets come in different thicknesses,
Really helpful,just ring them up, and talk to them

You can use “cut” down rover inlet gaskets, and standard rover/TVR exhaust gaskets Mine have been extensively ported, rover won’t fit, so I have my inlet and exhaust gaskets made by Ram gasket solutions, 1F072E46-5B9F-4B3D-8271-8E813B43610E.png I used hollow pushrods, I bought my heads from TRS in A...

I do love a bit of ingenuity,
Well done

The metal sleeve on some rocker cover gaskets ?

John Eales keeps forged “blower” pistons on the shelf