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Originally Posted by 34fordy
You are certainly right Denny but "back in the old days" I did not know poop from putty (still don't) and probably would have installed and torqued without even checking for sufficient clearances!
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The reason I asked is that was what I did with a set of new Offenhauser heads (just bolt 'em on without checking) on a 276" Merc thirty years ago. I was never as satisfied with the power that engine produced as I am with the 255" Merc I now have in my '51. It didn't seem to run as well either, from what I remember.
There were a lot of things I didn't know back then, either.