Kenny,
That is good to hear regarding longevity vs. CID. I have often heard that lots of stroke and RPM will kill a stock block in relatively short order. On the other hand there are quite a few great running engines of this nature that stay together so it has been somewhat of a confusing topic for me.
I am intrigued by the lack of valve stem seals. Is there anything special concerning the preparation of the valve guide? Standard clearance? My hurdle with the Edelbrock Victors was finding a 1.600 diameter valve spring that had compatible spring rates for seat and open pressures. This is using a cam with the following specs on my tunnel ram, pump gas 4.375x4.25 511. FYI it will use 1.7 ration rockers.
Cam Specs:
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275/282 @ .050"
.448"/.436" Lobe Lift
111 LSA
240-260 closed
680-720 open
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*In order to make this work +.050 locks must be used.
Lastly, I will be interested to see what you get for flow numbers out of the MW Victors. Will you be putting this engine on the dyno or straight to the killing floor?
