Got a couple little things done this week, but not much picture wise. I ordered a bellmouth for a headlight intake, and a couple other goodies. Plans are to work on gutting the bed. I'd rather just buy bedsides / rear quarter panels, but I can't seem to find any for a 3rd gen long bed. So, hacking my bed is in order.
I got the head and manifold cleaned up a little. It had some surface rust from sitting on the shelf at Scheid for a while. I'm going to pull out all of the valves and give it a good cleaning before assembly. Have any of you ran dual valve springs with 200# on the seat with a flat tappet cam? Any advice there?
I noticed the flange on the manifold is not completely flat, but I plan on running a bead of clear silicone around the flange, then letting it set up just a little bit before fastening it to the head. What methods work for you guys when mounting the manifold to the head?