Clearance around the lifters

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Clearance around the lifters

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Hello to all. Going to put a 288 or 298 cam soon.
Just wanted to know if the head area around the lifters can be cleared without removing the head.

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Yes can be done without removing the head but you have to make sure that you get ALL the metal shavings out as you go otherwise it ends up in your oil and bearings.

Did mine recently for the 288 estasImageImage

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Yes pencil grinder and a lot of patience. As mentioned you need to get all the shavings
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288 is a straight fit, well an estas 288
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8VALVE-zn wrote:288 is a straight fit, well an estas 288
Nope not on all heads

I have a Estas 288 that iIbought from Panic and the head needed to be clearance d , i have an 2.0 ADY Head 5 Cam caps (Hydro)
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Yup some heads need to be clearanced some not.
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