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Originally Posted by Tom Vaught

Ideal situation would have been to trim the lifter bosses before the whole assy went together. Would have to install cam bearings in the block and install the camshaft that would be used and measure the tie bar clearance at every position. Then if necessary put the .080" clearance milling in the block bosses. Not Rocket Science.

Tom Vaught

Let’s all be grateful this wasn’t a rocket.

Let’s all be grateful this wasn’t a rocket.

I agree, BES should have done that. On a side note, if these heads are still being made, you might want to double check your intake pushrod tube location.