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I am just looking for a little advice. A close friend of mine finished his 1776 about six months ago. I now has (or had) 6k miles on it. Well, he pulled the motor because of a strange noise coming from the valvetrain. After teardown he found out that number three exhaust lifter bore was completeley shattered and #s 1,2,4 exhaust lifters were sloppy in their bores (1/4" motion). All of the intake lifters are perfect. Before anyone mentions it the cam-liter clearence was at least .040 on all lifters and was checked before assembly. He has built many engines before this with perfect success. The problems all originated with the exhaust lifters. I think it looks like oil starvation to the exhaust lifters. Does anyone have any ideas, has anyone seen this before. What I know about the engine: Engle 120 cam 1:1 ratio rockers GB Chromoly pushrods New case (full flowed) 90.5 cima p/c s Gene Berg heads (not sure which ones) Counterweighted crank. Seeing that the engine is a write off, all that can be gained from this is a little learning. Any Ideas ??? -Ollie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org