Valvetrain Changeout

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Valvetrain Changeout

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Some news from the Charger.
Since i had an egnine breakdown last year, luck struck again a month before my vacation and i finally decided to get rid of the Edelbrock cam and lifters and the oem levers and pushrods.


Before starting the work:
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Right after i took the valvecover off i found a similar situation to the damage i had last year.




After i took the carburators with the intake manifold and the valley pan off the engine the whole crap got visibleImage

After i cleaned the to seal surfaces i also changed the oil and all the other necessary liquids Image
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And here are the parts that are in the engine now. 8)
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The rest of the pictures will follow soon...
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I think you can hammer that rod straight and still use it.
what else can I say I am a grumpy asshole most of the time.
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ttocs wrote:I think you can hammer that rod straight and still use it.
I wanna see u hammering that thing straight again! :lol: I tried it and didn´t couldn´t bend it in any way. Gave me a hint of how much force the engine threw on it. :shock: The new ones are nitrit hardened chrommolysteel rods 10mm of diameter. I had to buy a 75USD drillbit to get the holes drilled from 5.4mm to 5.7mm so i could press the endtips in after i cut the rods to lenght on a milling machine. Took me a day to get that job done. Actually took me half a day to find a vendor that could provide the drillbit.
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where are you at? looks like the early 70s, I see all kinds of detroit muscle around your work space, AWESOME!
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teamradrz1 wrote:where are you at? looks like the early 70s, I see all kinds of detroit muscle around your work space, AWESOME!
This is my friends place named Mopargarage Austria http://www.mopargarage.at/
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teamradrz1 wrote:where are you at? looks like the early 70s, I see all kinds of detroit muscle around your work space, AWESOME!
austrialia has all kinds of muscle cars around its streets :D :liar:
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ttocs wrote:
teamradrz1 wrote:where are you at? looks like the early 70s, I see all kinds of detroit muscle around your work space, AWESOME!
austrialia has all kinds of muscle cars around its streets :D :liar:
Austria?
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nutxo wrote:Austria?
Yeah... Australia. Like he said???
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were those stock valve springs when the pushrod bent ? how much lift on the old cam ? i was just thinking maybe it was coil bind.
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stipud wrote:
nutxo wrote:Austria?
Yeah... Australia. Like he said???

no no no, austrialia was not a typo... I meant to write it.
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ttocs wrote:
stipud wrote:
nutxo wrote:Austria?
Yeah... Australia. Like he said???

no no no, austrialia was not a typo... I meant to write it.
Yeah, I know you wrote Austria, dummy.
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