05-07-2002, 09:21 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
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One more great reason to run a lifter valley baffle. I had a motor (396 BBC) that broke pieces off the valve spring's inner dampner springs; on three different valves. Also lost the top part of a polylock with the set screw still in it. All these parts were sitting on the lifter containment / oil baffle tray. The motor had run great for over 40,000 miles without any real loss of performance, so I didn't even have the valve covers off after the third month. Those were all low perf factory parts, but now I always run matched cam / springs, I just over worked those stock parts.
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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