FE Cylinder Head Rebuild
- Continued
Ford FE Engines
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you can see that the heads have already been tanked, bead-blasted and
resurfaced. The exhaust guides & seats have been replaced and
the all the valve seats have been ground.
The valves too, have been
refaced and are ready for fitting. Notice the quality of
the work on the casting and how sanitary the work environment
is.
 A
clean environment and well organized shop is the hallmark of
quality work, you should keep that in mine when shopping for
machine shop.
Mike began by
fitting the head with the reconditioned valves and setting the
valve height. After the seats and valve faces
are ground, the valves sit deeper in the head than they it did
originally on the intake side.
Even with new exhaust seats,
the exhaust valve height needs to be checked and the height
adjusted to meet specifications. At this point, all the
components are checked prior to being installed.
 Next,
Mike grinds the valve stems to achieve the correct valve stem
height. Staring with the number one exhaust, the valve is ground to
the correct height and installed.  [more]
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