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Originally Posted by Jac Mac
WRONG, the dowels are on the outer side of block and valve reliefs toward valley, thats the way they are on all windsor blocks ( plus every other Ford pushrod V8 I can think off ), the out of position valve to piston contact marks are due to the bends in the valve stem as per pics. Piston is correct. Whole problem is due to rocker contact with valve retainer.
If its hyd cam lifter preload may have been set too deep or the valvetrain components have not been correct at initial build to arrive at the train wreck we are looking at now.
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You are right Jac Mac, my bad. I was thinking of my Modmotor block and transferring its dowel placement to the Windsor family. For those with curious minds here is a pic of the Windsor block deck clearly showing the dowels on the exhaust side of the deck not the other way around.
Apologies for the misdirection guys.
Ed