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June the 30th 2001: I'm boiling in my workshop!

 
CLICK 2 CI have a problem with the (too rare) sun here in Brittany:
all the workshop windows are fixed and
it is difficult to avoid the overheat when the sun shines.
So I modify a window to have ventilation.
Now I can play in my workshop even on sunny weather!
But next winter, I will maybe regret it.;o)

July the 10th 2001: End of the right head polishing

 
I repolish the chambers of the right head (2-4-6-8) during the evenings of the past week
and finish the intake ports on Saturday.
Some intake valve seats have been touched a little during the works.
So I lap the intake valves on Sunday.
I consider the porting job on the heads DONE.
 
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The heads finished
view of the chambers
view of the ports
Valves waiting...
I have to put the valves on the heads et take measurement of the volumes
to see how much the modifications have increased the volumes.

July the 19th 2001: Reassembling valves for measurement:

 
CLICK 2 CI start to put the valves on one head and from the first exhaust valve, I notice this:
If the light passes, what about the compression...
So I have to lap all the exhaust valves of the TWO heads...
 
CLICK 2 CCLICK 2 CI spin the valve using a bit of fuel line with some 240 abrasive paper taped to the valve
 
 
Once all the valves lapped on the left head, I reassemble the valves,
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A big washer and a bit of rubber hose for protection
wedges under the valves to block them,
I can compress the springs with a plier and put the retainers
 
CLICK 2 CCLICK 2 CThe left head is finally done, and the right one 2 days later.

July the 21th 2001: Measurements after head porting:

 
Good surprise: the polished chambers are between 75.1 and 75.7cc.
I had to port again the chamber 2 that measured 74.5cc.
I figured out then how much I had to port to increase only 0.6cc!
I think that the first measurements have been altered by these seat leaks.
I can take 3 times the same measurement what wasn't the case before
here is the final chart of the measurements
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