Finally I can report my good news! I've been having Club Cobra withdrawl in the meantime while the site was down.
I talked through the problem with Keith Craft and step one was to loosen the valve lash and then check compression. Ah ha...... when I did that I got 150 psi across all 4 cylinders on passenger side, including #2.
Next step, fill with coolant and see if I got any more water leaking into the cylinder. Did this and no water....hmmmm. Maybe there was some water left in the cylinder when I installed the heads?
So, cranked it up and Ta dah it starts up, adjusted timing, and let it run till
oil and water temps came up to normal. No noticable issues except I clearly didn't get the intake front and rear rails sealed up so
oil was leaking out at a pretty good pace. Had about a 1/4" gap.
So, shut down, removed the intake and re-installed using the cork gaskets for the rails with lots of gray Permatex.
Then went ahead to the fuel pump install. So have the new Clay Smith fuel pump in, fuel pressure regulator and new plumbing from pump to carb installed. Now running 1/2" aluminum line to the fuel tank. Removed the fuel tank and have a local shop installing a -8 AN fitting on it. Sould be done this afternoon or tomorrow. Replacing the rubber hose connections with -8 AN braided line and connectors. Installling Fram fuel HP1G racing fuel filter.
So, hopefully it will be back in action by end of week. Will let you know.
Thanks!