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Y.Lachapelle
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Posted: Mar/21/2017 at 12:00pm |
Hi! I'm new to the forum and I'm doing my first engine rebuild! I have an AMC 360 (88 I believe) I bought a CompCam Kit (Cam, Lifters, Springs, Retainers, Locks, Seals and Timing Chain) The kit came with 1 groove Locks and my valves are 4 groove, Thats not news to me as I have read this on the forum before so I ordered a set of 7degree 4 groove locks to match my 7degree retainers and 0.372" Stems. Everything is new including the valves but the lock halves touch to together witch is weird because the specs says there are for 0.372 valve stems.. even the old set of valves/locks/retainers touched but I thought is was bad installation from the previous rebuilder.. I'd like to have your guys's thought on this! much appreciated!
Comp Cam kit k10-201-4 Comp Retainers 744-16 Comp Locks 604-16 Sealed Power intake and exhaust valves SLP-V-1979 and SLP-V-2024 I will post photos as soon as the photos upload to photobucket Thanks! |
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Y.Lachapelle
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one bad rambler
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Welcome to the forum!!!! What brand are those valves? They are machined at the top and that`s why the keepers are touching....Measure the upper part of the stem and see what the diameter is
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68 AMX 390 4 Speed,68 American,64 American 2 Door Wagon Altered Wheelbase,78 Concord Build 360,727,8.8
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Y.Lachapelle
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They are sealed power, just mesured the stem at the grooves mesure exactly 0.372, i call comp and the customer service rep seem to say its normal for amc/chrysler engines, i would prefered an experienced amc guy to tell me so though
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401jim
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If you put the keepers on the valve and BOTH sides touch , this is a definite NO NO. They can touch one side and not the other. they will not lock into the retainer and be loose. Hope this helps you out. Jim P. S. you must check keepers against the retainer not just the valve..
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tsanchez
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They are supposed to, it allows the valve to rotate, if you dont want that you can buy new valves that are single groove, do not try and grind the gap away it will lower the keepers into the retainer and may fail.
Edited by tsanchez - Mar/21/2017 at 4:40pm |
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Y.Lachapelle
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Thanks for the input! I've read somewhere else that the single groves are not suppose to touch and is meant to wedge the valve stem, as for the 4 groove are suppose to let the valve rotate and the 4 grooves is to prevent it from loosing the valve. I hope this information is accurate because I'm putting them in as is!
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one bad rambler
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I will get slack for this but i`m not a fan of Comp`s products and i`ve found there supports line to be worthless...the keepers need to be tight to the valve with a gap so when there in the retainers there held tight to the valve or they will beat the valve groove..I know guy`s that build all out Air Cooled VW engines grind there keeps for a correct fit..
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68 AMX 390 4 Speed,68 American,64 American 2 Door Wagon Altered Wheelbase,78 Concord Build 360,727,8.8
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6PakBee
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amcenthusiast
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This is less of a concern because the 'big fat 3/8" stem'. (this could also be low concern because thermal expansion rates are such where on a 3/8 stem the expansion is correct, but maybe not on a smaller diameter stem?)
*main concern is making sure one uses hardened locks SP VK 174R (interchanges with Comp 'Mopar 4G Street Locks') *don't use SP VK 174 -non hardened ...some sellers don't know the difference -take heart; it gets worse with motorcycle stuff -no specs, just make and model, basically only rough guess info When it comes time to go with smaller stems for increased rpm application, since the diameter of the valve stem is smaller, the tolerances become more critical (less fit room allowed by reduced valve stem diameter) see http://www.xceldyne.com/structure/Catalogs/Xceldyne2006MasterCatalog.pdf ...when things start getting really serious, companies like Xceldyne begin measuring microns in a thermostatically controlled metrology room |
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