If we are speaking about the lower hose, I had a similar situation with an aluminum pump. I found that a coat of silicone grease inside the hose will allow it to slip over the larger dia. pump.

You didn't mention the thickness of the intake gaskets but I will suggest thicker gaskets which are available. This will bring the intake up in relation to the heads. As for the cork end gaskets, I would suggest using a bead of sealer if you have time to let it cure.

10-4 that.

Was having trouble sliding rocker assys. down over the mounting studs. Upon inspection I discovered stud holes in the shafts are off center as much as .025 and as most of you know that converts to .050 tir. I have corrected this on my shafts but not everyone has a milling machine handy. Now don't get me wrong, I love my HS rockers and am aware HS have a fine product. Just something to be aware of.

  Despite my meticulous record keeping methods (huh?) I cannot find the data slip for my ARP rocker mounting studs. Not wanting to guess at it, someone please chime in with the torque spec for said studs. Thanks.

You are correct sir.

Do any of you have FE flywheel bolt pattern dimensions either in XY straight line charting or in degrees ( I believe all holes are on a common BC dimension). I am making a flywheel balancing mandrel and do not wish to transfer locations from a flywheel, might end up with a bad copy of a poor original!

10-4 thanks.