Put oil in the top of the tensioners and pumped them up and down until they pumped up. I will probably do it a few more times before buttoning it up.

Rocker Arms
 

Put all of the rocker arms in today and got them all set. I will run through them once more just to make sure.

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Tensioners
 

Ok, so I would like to spend $1500 for pressure fed tensioners (I also would have liked to have dropped $5000 for P&C's too) but there is only so much money to do this engine. I opted to use the tensioner guards that I purchased from our host.

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Sunday I will check the rockers one more time then put valve cover gaskets on. Then cam housing covers, Tins, etc...

You are making excellent progress. Keep up the good work and the pictures are a big help!

thank you for explaining how you got through the timing process, that has me a little confused. I'm sure that once I go through it I will realize that it isn't as intimidating as it appears.

I was really intimidated by the cam timing. Besides having to do it several times to make sure it is 100% accurate it wasn't hard at all. When I see people posting that they couldn't get it exact so they just set it at "X" I though "well, as long as I am close " but after doing it I realized that if you don't get it 100% correct you just didn't spend enough time on it to get it right.

Finishing up
 

Ok, here it is buttoned up and ready to go.

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Just a few tidy up things to finish and then time to install it

Any questions or comments?

Did I miss anything?

Is that a bent cooling fin behind the distributor cap?

Looks great ! :) Can't wait till mine is at that stage.

Broken fin
 

Yep, it had one broken fin. Good eye!

Nice job!!

Nice work and thanks for taking the time to share your experience!

I was very nervous about the cam timing as well and even let it slow me down while I read all over this board. Did you have trouble tightening the exhaust while the engine is still on the stand?

Haven't installed exhaust yet. Headers are on the way and engine will be installed this weekend. Look for updates this weekend.

Motor install
 

Getting ready to install it!

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Motor install