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finally making progress! MSA were great, got a new set of NPR rings to me by 10:30 am so i was able to get the pistons assembled and installed. bottom end done, head on, timing chain installed. i was pleased to see that the slack side chain guide was able to pick up all the chain play even with the head shaved .060 and no tower shims. the cam gear is set at the #1 position and is about 2 degrees advanced with this setup - i figure i'll leave it as is unless there's a compelling reason to get it dead on with an eccentric. i've advanced cams 5 degrees with good success on ducati twins - not sure how the L6 responds to this... spent the better part of the afternoon cleaning up the valve cover - it ain't show quality, but definitely nicer than it started out. a PO had the bright idea to put a clear coat on it, which was partially peeled and yellowed (looked like spar varnish) and was a major pita to get off - an hour with the wire wheel. for the build i bought a little $50 bench-top parts washer and made an aluminum shelf on the exterior of the garage to keep the fumes outside. it works great for cleaning things up as i go - i give 'em a scrub, dry 'em off then hit 'em with WD40 to stave off flash rust. filled it up w/kerosene which works well as a solvent, very low odor and doesn't evaporate too quickly. parts come out looking brand new and it feels great to build the motor without all that old sludge, grit & baked-on oil all over everything. tomorrow i hope to finish up with the front cover, water pump, oil pump, dizzy, alternator & motor mounts. then i need to replace the seals & gaskets on the 5-speed, give it a clean-up, install the flywheel & clutch and join it to the engine. pics from the last couple days below: pistons all ready to go bottom end done head installed cam chain installed my lil' parts washer valve cover transformation before: after solvent wash: after wire wheel: polished:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0ziYFhUwc

Kind of like putting bubble gum cards in your bicycle spokes when you were a kid!

I run the Carter on my race car and it works great for a ~200 hp 2.8L with SU carbs. How do you know you have a fuel pressure problem? I'm not talking about the pressure, I'm asking about the symptoms.

So I was looking at the schedule of events and I'm wondering... Where is the "People’s Choice Car Show" on Saturday? Is that also at Beale St (like the Friday show the night before) or is it at the hotel parking lot? Or somewhere else completely? Also, here's what showed up on the first sweep of my microbrew radar: Boscos - http://www.boscosbeer.com/ 2120 Madison Ave. Ghost River Brewing Co. - http://ghostriverbrewing.com/ 827 S Main St High Cotton Brewing Company - http://highcottonbrewing.com/ 598 Monroe Ave Memphis Made Brewing - http://www.memphismadebrewing.com/ 768 S. Cooper St. Wiseacre Brewing Co. - http://wiseacrebrew.com/2783 Broad Ave.

thank you for sharing all the great learning and posting so diligently - a service to all of us. now go drive the tires off that thing!

Great build thread Matt! Really inspired me all the way through. I would still love to cruise with you one of these days, but the new baby at the end of April has really sucked what little time I had for tinkering, so needless to say, not much has been getting done. But I'll get around to getting it ready to cruise around this summer, and then I'll hit you up and maybe we can take a run into the mountains! This is one if those threads that inspires one to not give up for sure!

Took her out for a spin today and got a few pics.