Nice one ;)

its a combo of the lift and duration jr

dave A is running the same. the engine is now turning over

just wonderd as i thought that "was" the max

268's have been used on standard pistons.

out of intrest i though 264 were max degree on standard psitons

my mate just phoned me he got it working. he doesnt no what it was but it just started turning.

will be a finishing post up later but would just like to say a big thanks to Dave A as he has helped me through everything

tried to ring the lad for you leo but there was no answer.

basicly, this is what I would do:

remove belt

remove plugs to lessen compression

turn crank over by hand until the piston touches (very lightly) the valve. then move the cams to create clearance.

do this until piston 1 is 180 degrees from TDC

try moving the cams, they should rotate fully now easily. Make sure they are using plenty of lube on the cams, followers and bearings. if the cams will turn freely then you have narrowed down the problem to the valve hitting the piston.

also, is he doing them up in the correct order?

check these are clean etc

i had the same problems as you and it turned out to be that

well i think he was just putting them in to check if it would turn. if it aint going to turn at that then it wont turn when there tightened even more. saying that he could be over tightening them by hand.

no torque wrenches involved?

the boy thats tightening them with a air ratchet and tightening them a bit more by hand. the standard cams dont work either. but all parts move freely when the cams arent in.

have you checked the cam seats? the bits in the head that the cams sit on, mine were dirty and scratched, and this locked the cam up as when the top halves were fitted it tightened onto the camshaft rather than the head

pmsl, at just bolting it together and starting it!

any burrs anywhere? not tightened them up to much??? take them out and start again

just with a spanner.

can you use a x16xe head on a c16xe bottom end as thats what am doing.

by hand?? so... not cranking it with a socket bar or anything?!?! :lol:

no just by hand adam. the valves move when you push them down and else works fine. just when you put the cams on it seems to stick. the boy said he could put it all back together and try start it. he said there may not be enough force to turn it by hand

he said there would be a 50/50 chance of it either breaking or starting.

what do you think i should do

thought about it afterwards... it wouldnt be if it went round in 'reverse'...

How are you testing this? Hand cranking.... with plugs in?

Have you used new followers and springs?

no its not that, checked it already

valve hitting piston :lol:

i got my mantzel,ported polished head, shrick cams, 4-1 manifold fitted today. will get pics up tomorrow. got a small problem. the inlet cam is sticking. it is shrick 268 cams running on standard timing marks. it runs backwards but not the way that the engine would run

anyone got any idea whats wrong?