RE: the 2nd. motor,
This motor started and we ran it for a couple of hours realizing that it just did not run right and it leaked
oil like crazy. We decided to dyno at Meridian Performance in Bellingham and loaded the car into the trailer. These guy's were great. We were doing our first run -up on the dyno when the rocker assembly came apart. We opened up both valve covers and the rockers were not even finger tight (his words)
What is so hard to understand?????
He did not get to drive the car---it went by TRAILER to the shop & then came apart.
I would expect that after a engine is dynoed & proven I would be able to run it much longer than this before requiring a valve adjustment.
Also it's not like he was doing this over a ditch in the backyard himself.
He went to great lengths to assure it was done correctly by having qualified experienced people oversee the start up both times.
As for the time factor-11 months,
Everyone who had their motors sitting in the garage or chassis for months, even years before they actually got their cars on the road please stand up.
Note:
All statements & conclusions are based on the fact that both partys are telling the truth as they see it, NOT on the bases of one of them is lying.
Craig