Yes it is wider than stock. I forget how much shim I have under each cylinder. I have it writen in my notes but I am at work right now. It is somewere close to .100" per jug. There is no step in the heads so that ads to the shim size too.

I was able to modify a Scat linkage kit and fab a bracket to mount the center bellcrank to. It looks like it should function better than the other dog legged center pull linkage I have and look cleaner than the hex bar set I have.
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I also relocated my center console and fitted the new Bug Tech shifter.
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I got the engine up on the test stand but when I went to mount the exhaust, it hits the stand frame. I will have to pull the engine back off and re-engineer the test stand frame. That will have to wait as I am back to work tomorrow and then off to Mexico again for a relaxing week in the lap of luxury before Herbie X comes back to us for some upgrades.

Looks great Dave,

Have a great time in Mexico. :cheers:

Pete

I like the center console setup, looks sharp. Hows the feel of that shifter?

Herbie X and upgrade are two words I never thought I'd hear together.

Dont forget! Bottled water and no ice in the drink!

The shifter is the bomb. I really like it. Too bad I had just bought a CSP before Markus talked to me about them.
Herbie X comes to visit us on a regular basis. This time it will be for some bigger brakes, a Bug Tech shifter and I think he wants some more horsepower.

This will be our 3rd trip to this place in 16 months. Their ice and all the water in the bars/restaraunts are bottled go thru an R.O. system before serving. The shower and sinks do not.

Well I fired it up today and went thru the first 30 minute nail chewing break-in run. the right side carb needs some work but I was not going to stop the break-in for it. I just shut it down and it is cooling off. I will have a look at the lifters after it is good and cooled down. Might bolt on another good set of 45 dells I have before running it again.
It was one of the longest 30 minutes I have been thru.

I hear you about the nail-biting....

I just broke in my 1915, with straight-cuts and dual springs.
And some really sketchy/questionable 1.4 roller rockers.
The racket this thing makes is amazing!
Especially inside the garage...

Hearing all of these rattles and clanks and knocks makes you want to shut it down... But you can't. It needs to break in(!):lmao:

Hellooooooo :sleep::sleep:

Well It has an hour of run time so far. I was pulling the lifters to inspect them and got 2 pair done. I cut my left thumb while doing it. I finished that cylinder, washed the cut out, put some triple antibiotic cream on it and a band-aid on it and went to work that night. The next day it woke me up. Thumb was throbbing and swollen about twice its normal size. Went to the Dr., got a big shot of antibiotic in the a$$ and sent to a hand specialist because it was nasty red from the tip of the thumb well into the hand. It is much better now and I am going for my last (I hope) follow up today at 3:15. You hand is not worth much without a usable thumb.
Moral of the story. Break-in oil with all that ZDDP in a small cut can turn ugly quick.

sorry double post

PICS hehehehe

Wow, glad you you get to keep the thumb.

Thumb is still with me. I has stopped draining so as soon as it has closed up I can get back to it.