This morning it was torque the heads down, then give the cams some love. First was just confirm that the lapping bar still fit and turned freely with the heads on, which it did. and since the bar is a little larger and stiffer than the cams, I now the cams will spin free were the valve removed.
My biggest concern was the journal sizing. Way back I borrowed a head reamer that look like this:
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All the welding I did warped the heads in both x and y...I forget...but 15-20 though each comes to mind. I welded up the journals then ball milled them straight but undersize and used the ferrari tool reamer that hits them all at the same time with the head torqued in place to finish it off.....but the reamer was a bit dull and I never actually checked the finished size, I just said "I reamed it, it has to be right!" which I know fully understand is not true.
With the head on the bench and no valves installed the cams didn't seem to really sit in properly so a few months back I lapped the journals and then the cams di drop in nice....but I really had no idea what size the journals now were because for a second time, I didn't measure them. Yes, I am that stupid it seems and its started to worry me a bit because if they were right before, after all I reamed them, so now Today I didn't measure exactly but I did at least plastigauge them and they were all in spec....which is great but I'm pretty sure means they were undersize before and they are using the full spec range but I hesitate to tighten up the loser ones because lose means the lapping was trying to straighten them out I'm pretty sure so I'm calling them good.
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So now its sitting with the heads on and cams in. Tomorrow I'll measure to see if the crank will fit with the journals as-is so I can have a look at the timing chain while i wait for the lapping bar metal.
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