Nice cool Saturday morning

[goodoldvic]

Got my 5.5 head back from the machine shop last night, .008 to flatten the surface, spray bomb engine green. Wa lah, nice new head and rebuilt pop-out. Three heat cycles later for re-torqueing and I'm impressed at the power increase and the drivability. Best power seems to be just short of halfway down on the advance lever. Before the sweet spot was at 3/4 down. The pop-out was refurbished by Dick Crabtree, looks and works great. The head was "twisted" and needed the clean up cut, I used a "Best" brand 573 copper "B" style head gasket from Snyder's. Couldn't resist sharin'