[Pete Munroe]

Outlaw,

I noticed no one stepped up to the plate on this one, but I think your questions are good and pretty basic.

Anyone with real data please add it, this is meant to be general information gleaned from my own engine builds and the Ford SVO catalogue and a hundred other sources!

They are probably right about manuals...nothing "engine specific" like in the aircraft industry where you can't change the paint on the valve covers without a type certificate...TSO?

Off the top of my head...the engine has HYDRAULIC rollers, not solid rollers...Ford sells a whole series of hot roller cams for different applications...typically they do not NEED to be reset...there may be a Ford procedure for setting the initial clearance on their roller lifters vs normal hydraulics, but it is usually loosen till they click, slowly tighten till they are silent and add about a half turn.

The head torque probably does not NEED to be done again...modern autmotive head gaskets do not typically require retorgueing.

Unless you are removing the heads you don't really need the head torque spec.

The piston aircraft technology is decades old, very anitquated but appropriate for the old materials they use...because of the FAA regulations nothing can be updated without extensive and VERY expensive testing and documentation to earn a TSO...so most aircraft engines are dinosaurs...the tort lawyers have killed general aviation anyway, so there is no market left large enough to rationalize building "state of the art" products.

Some racing special application head gaskets certainly need to be retorqued, but not most of the modern stuff.

The timing figure OUGHT to be available...ball park would be 30-32 degrees...But there SHOULD be recommended figure for that...!

You are on the right track...inform yourself...try to find out the characteristics of the gaskets Ford uses, the lifters, etc. Most of it will not be unusually special...if you are aircraft savvy, common sense and a little research will fill in the blanks.

Call Ford SVO tech line for official info on the engines and parts they sell...they are actually very interested as a rule, proud of their products and that Ford even tries to supply the aftermarket hi-performance market.

Hopefully some guys will weigh in here with more information, but I think you will have a pretty good engine...call Ford SVO for the party line on the inital setup.

Pete