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nope it is ugly. makes me sick. the car is all done and now it doesn't have a motor. but a redo is in progress.
Dart 340 did u use any clay to check for clearance?



I would puke.....

No I didn't, but I have put a couple hundred miles on the car since I bought it a few at over 5,000 RPM. The guy that built mine used a 5/32 key in the cam way instead of 3/16 and also used a bad conical washer with no loctite so the bolt came loose and I lost fuel pressure. Tore it apart and that's what I found. I just was checking timing and that's what I came up with, marks off, or what appears to be the only marks I can find, were off like half a tooth to a tooth. I put a TDC finder in the no.1 cyl and put the piston at exactly tdc then checked the valves. Preload was good and they appeared to travel correct during rotation so it appears the cam lobe is pretty close to center...

I don't honestly know how to check it any other way.