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Excaliber I agree with George about being in touch with your engine, But wheren't you the one who lost a motor? You are not the only to be weak on maintaining a solid motor. I was the same way with the Hemi and having to adjust the rockers after every run. Somethings we said the hell with it and broke a rocker. What a pain that was. With a hydro cam being setup right with the lifter lash, there is not any adjustments needed but once a year. With a small cam, .550" lift you can put a vaccum gauge on the motor and see if any of the intake valve are out of adjustment. Unless you have real DEEP pockets for breaking FE motors, I would rather have a little less power and a little more time to work on the suspension. A great handling car can draft a more powerful car all day long. I think what George is saying is the motors he builds with solid cams and get proper maintance will last A long time. Neil and George build endurance motors that run&run. They may not have the power that some others claim but I have not see a Gessford motor's guts laying on the ground yet at Run&Gun. This can not be said about others. Joe B from Cali builds the same kind of motor for over 37 years and have the same kind of results with motors going a whole season of racing and only needing a freshen over the winter. Mostly bearings for the FE rods. I still stay with the bigger is not allways better. I will let you know when motor#2 is built and running. 484-489 cid with the small roller cam from crane 587-607. A 650" cam is about the right size for this motor but not what I want from this motor. Hydro lifter, roller with some oiling tricks should work great. Rick Lake
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