if no oil is coming out of the pushrod seat,then maybe they plugged for an fe,you should get oil to ooze up from the seat with no push rod in it.also,if you have proper lifter to bore clearance i would never notch the od of lifter body.some times it takes enough rpm to get oil up.its very easy to junk a nice set of lifters.

so i have another set of cams that are lsm on the box.they are new,and i had isky run them on there profile machine,and was wondering if these would work good in a 489 sohc street engine with approx 11-1 compression.i cant tell much myself from the printouts,but i know they are 282 at .050 duration ans about .610 lift.will not run over 7,000 rpm and have dual plane factory intake.also not sure about carbs but originals are maybe out of my range on price.

i would suggest a stroker crank of 4.250 and a hydraulic roller cam.really runs better and more power than flat tappet.

took some digging but found this here.intake valve hitting sleeve?not my engine,a few years back.coon heads with 4.250 bore.so not sure why this happen to him,but i have to rethink my small bore on my pond block?


OK guys....  took the head off and surprise surprise.....  The intake valve nicked the lip of the cylinder!  Didnt touch the piston and wasnt stuck in the valve guide.....

So, with a little dremmel action and a diamond cone...  this problem will be overcome!  See photos below.  You can see a tiny witness mark on the lip.....  Just barely knicked it.

yes,at first it was terible so thats why i am here,and of course jay browns (and others)great knowledge of all things ford fe.
its not as bad now.

any gains on running a 4.280 bore over a 4.250 bore with sohc heads?also,intake valves 2.250 vs 2.350?not a race engine , street and some strip time.

have a pair of isky so-12000 cams,catalog shows opening and closing and adv duration,but not sure how they would work on a na build.here is the specs if anyone can determine the duration at .050 .may have to wait untill the cams are degreed to get if they are usable in my build.the cams are in good condition and could be used as is.

sounds like a couple of nice builds.i am planning on a similar deal,but a 482 with pond block and ford aluminum heads that i have.also have a st of dove heads,one has damaged intake port that we will repair.
what i have found on the net and this forum,sohc can take a lot more duration at .050 than wedge heads.also they like compression,so 11-1 is minumum for a good pump gas.theres some good sohc builds on this forum.as far as piston,i will use racetech which is down the street from me,and they have done some custom pistons for mw before with good results.also diamond or cp ,but prices on them is sky high.
have 2 sets of cams,both around .600 lift,and isky max blower cams and a set of lsm cams with 282 duration at .05.not looking for big hp,just a thumpen street strip power for my 64 fairlane.
with your extra stroke,you can run a smaller dome and keep compression up.