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Yes the holes were needed to clear the rocker arm adjustment screws where they were hitting.
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I have a 440/505 stroker with Trickflow 240 cylinder heads, hydraulic roller camshaft and Hughes roller rockers. I wanted to keep the stock look so I had to clearance the baffle in the valve covers and use a spacer. Otherwise they would hit.
I noticed the PCV valve is on the driver side of the car / engine. Isn't it supposed to be on the other side, or is it different on the 1969 Hemi engine? I don't recall ever seeing them this way.
I built a 440 based 505 engine with hydraulic roller cam and used the Milodon bronze gear because the Hughes melonized gears were on back order for many months. Later on with around 500 miles on the engine I removed the bronze gear and replaced it with the melonized when it became available...
Can someone decode this date code. The K frame is in a 1968 Road Runner. It's stamped upside down so I flipped one of the photos to make it easier to read.
It appears to be 53 081
I've had Richard tune a few cars for me. You don't have to be good with the computer he walks you through everything remotely. He'll connect into your computer while it's connected to your car and explains everything while he tunes it. All you need is an internet connection. Give him a call...
Here's a photo of my 505 Stroker with trickflow 240 heads painted up to look stock. I had to clearance the baffles in the valve covers to clear the roller rockers.
First thing to do is see if the fuse(s) blew from the hot lead temporarily grounding out possibly blowing a fuse like the system is designed to do to protect the wiring.
If this happened it doesn't matter what you do with the dash cluster there won't be any power.