Some details on the valve job. To the right here is the stock AMC
combustion chamber, so you can see what we're workign with. We're
installing small-block Chevy valves made by Martin Wells, swirl-polished
stainless steel, 1.94" intake, 1.55" exhaust valves into the AMC head,
with hardened seats, since LPG is hard on
exhaust valves due to lack of
thick, crusty damaging crud provided by gasoline that as a side effect
helps the valves cool by filling in micro-pits when the valves touch the
seats. The photo to the left shows the new seats installed in the head,
but before the excess metal below the seat, in the runner area, has been
removed. You have to look carefully to distinguish the seats from the
head casting. Without attempting to describe the 3D situation, suffice
to say the metal removal and grinding is straightforward and will make
for a good-flowing head (not that for my app it matters much).
To the right you can see how much "shelf" is created
by the larger valves. The only unknown at this point is
valve/piston clearance, but this will be checked within the week.
The cam has .400" lift rather than stock [no TSM in front of me too
lazy to get up]. The 2.02" intake would probably fit, but wasn't
worth the extra effort and research for my engine. Note that the
limiting factor on valve size (besides making dents in the piston
crown) is the combustion chamber grows northward.
To the left is a nice shot of the valves pushed
into place; to the right is a shot of the valve stems poking out
the top of the head. Maybe useful to you for comparison. They'll
get Chevy springs and keepers.