LT 1 350 valve to piston clearance

[Kdw1403]

[QUOTE=B Parker;523488]Hi Asking these questions I would assume your a newbie to stock. As Alan said did you check it the right way? In my younger years I might have run it with .060 but with the cost of everything today I wouldn't risk it. There are several ways to pick up that little clearance you need. I know it sucks but I would take the heads off and have a good machine shop cut .010 off the back of the valve. If possible move the cam a couple of degree's. What head gasket are you using? Have one custom made .05 larger but tighter on the bore so you don't loose compression. They don't cost that much. Good luck BP[/QUOTE ] All of those suggestions are very easy to do. thanks for your input

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

I apologize. The Stock rules are different enough from when I ran Stock with that '56, I should have kept quite. About all he can do legaly is move the cam.

I don't get the remark about water?

No need to apologize Ed, not only do we look forward to it ..but we all appreciate your input. You are a lucky man to have raced in the junior stock era and still be more than competitive in today's Super Stock eliminator. In the Don McElroy era, he would bolt a dummy head on the motor and with the assistance of a BFH he would hammer the valve into the piston.

[Chipper Chapman]

I ran .050 on exhaust side in my 350/255. Keep burnout to 5500 or less and never had anything touch, at .040 they do.