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He's probably out rebuilding a sapce shuttle in one of his silos right now......ie no internet. lol
I'm guessing he's in full harvest mode- first one to the elevator, makes the most $ unless he's already contracted his crop. I'm guessing he's more of a "what the market will bear" farmer. Not to mention that he's probably trying to catch the Pheasant Opener as well!
Well I got my question answered. Called the place I was planning on buying the head gasket from and they recommended the stock thickness gasket. When they clean up the head they also set the valves back to factory clearances. So it doesn't matter if you take off the .006" or .040 the engine will not know the difference because the valves are set back the same amount. Getting the surface machines and a 3 angle valve job on it as well. Just bought the upper gasket set. Ouch $330 for genuine Cummins gaskets. Also popped for new 60# valve springs and titanium retainers. Not entirely necessary at first but will be there if I decide to turn it up in the future. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Spent about 2 hours on the phone with Norm last night. Boy is busy right now. They were starting the harvest yesterday.60# don't seem like a lot of pressure. I guess I'm used to high rpm small blocks....I assume that's the @ installed height pressure, whats the pressure compressed?
I'm probably going to run the 3k governor springs. Although you can run up to 4k with the 60# springs from what I've read. The heavier 150-200# springs are for 4k+ rpm racing/sled pulling. The seat pressure I believe is around 150#The 60# description I think is 60# over stock. There's a couple reasons for the springs. As Don mentioned when you start revving the engine higher the stiffer springs keep you from floating valves. Another reason is I've read a bunch of stories of people testing factory springs after removing them and having wildly different pressures. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk