[tcrist]

Originally Posted by jwd

The old "burnt valve" scare is an old wives tale from the model T days. I don't buy it and never have. Neither do most builders. Drag racers don't have a problem with burnt valves and they run them as hard as possible and then just shut em off.
My comment about hearing a problem was referring to a rod, piston or wrist pin knocking, which you can hear just fine, not a lifter ticking.
I wasn't thinking about the OP having the body mounted though. I definately wouldn't do it with a fiberglass body that close to the exhaust ports.

Jim

Drag racers run headers. They dont just run them without any exhaust on them. That is what the orgional poster was talking about.

Terry