Max-Wedge motor is running! Fairly long!

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Gang,
This is for anyone that may be interested.
After a major setback, the motor is up and running again. I say major because 
two weeks ago I fired her up and was in the process of breaking in the cam, 
(one valve spring). Had her idling about 2 grand. Both carbs were spilling 
extra fuel into the manifold. Played with the float adjusters while spraying fuel 
all over the firewall, engine, etc. She was a running rich to say the least. 
Fumes filled the shop, could hardly breath. She was running for about 20 
minutes when all of a sudden, the engine picked up Rpm's like you opened the carbs 
wide open. She winged up to about 5 grand when we pulled the coil wire to shut 
her off. Couldn't understand what happened. Might have been the spring in the 
secondaries to weak and let the back two barrels open up some. (I'm running 
ProForm body's with stock Holley float bowls.) Anyway, we shut her down after it 
flipped the belt off and puked some antifreeze out on the floor. And I had an 
oil leak coming out of the back of the intake, (cross-ram, which was my fault 
on installing it).
Next day, I pulled the intake off to fix the oil leak and while having the 
valve covers off, I noticed the number one cylinder valves seemed to be shorter 
than the rest.
To make a long story short, (I know, it's too late), what happened was the 
number one cylinder lifters seized up in the lifter bores, held both valves 
open, piston hit them, bending both. Had to pull both heads to have them both 
checked. Finally cost me around $300.00 to get things straightened out. Had to buy 
a burnishing tool from the cam manufacturer to run through the lifter bores 
to make them round again.
Put everything back together this past Saturday, fired her up again and it 
sounds great this time. Slight carb problem to handle yet and a little fine 
tuning on the shift cable but I think I got the problem solved.
Next is to get the fenders, hood, scoop painted and get the front end back 
together.
I'll be posting pictures with Gary H. when it's all done to put on out web 
site.

Thanks for listening,
Bill C.
Toledo
64 Sport Fury
493 wedge style!

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