[njsteve]

Anyone have a photo of the modified fork? I want to see how long of a reinforcement you used.

[njsteve]

I dragged my 12 year old, engine building apprentice out to the garage today (it's about 38 degrees or so at the moment). I had him measure the top and second ring gaps in the cylinders. I had to keep reminding him not to "saw" the feeler gauge but gently see if it passes between the ring ends. Only had to remind him 16 times. :-)

Top gaps were .016 and second ring gaps were .020 after doing some mix and matching between the cylinders.

[3tas4me]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Anyone have a photo of the modified fork? I want to see how long of a reinforcement you used.

Use the heavy duty Corvette fork.

[njsteve]

I ended up getting a McLeod 673-16931 heavy duty clutch fork to replace the stock unit with the broken tab. http://www.jegs.com/i/McLeod/673/16931/10002/-1#

I did have to do a little trimming of the flared out portion on the top edge of the fork to clear the interior bolt mounting boss.

[njsteve]

Back from shop class with the revised oil pan. Took about an hour to fabricate and weld in the baffle. Gotta love those plasma cutters. Man those things cut the labor time into seconds. It took longer to trace the template onto the steel with a magic marker than it did to cut it out with the plasma cutter. Then I used a hammer and an anvil to bend the tabs and form the lip on the interior edges.

It's not too pretty but it fits and clears the oil pump perfectly.