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I found that the intake valve tip on cyl.#5 is .005" higher than the rest. On the other head I found that the intake valve tip on cyl.#2 is .007" higher than the rest. In a smaller scale most of the other tips don't do much better...





FWIW, I doubt very much that the oem iron heads were any closer when they were new. In fact, I'd be surprised if they were even that close.

As mentioned, the lifters will take that up.