Gary! My ol'buddy! What makes me think you and I are going to have a conversation about some serious blower pistons this winter?
We had some time this afternoon and have started to get the bottom end apart, here's a few pics. Crower rods, can't see the crank but it has malory added to it, you can see the cam in that one pic and it's got some big bumps on it; timing gears; the valve springs etc look weak; there's only one kind of valve that looks like these with that grayish green look. I expected to see a real mess in there, but I'm very happy with that crank for sure. Might have to cut those rods loose in favor of aluminum. Splayed billet main center caps, OEM outboard caps. That was one expensive motor to build.
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