Valves

[Ol' Ron]

Originally Posted by Craig CT

Hi Ron; I hope you're well. Are all SBC valves good or is there a year range? Thanks, Craig.

Craig
ot sure when the 1.6 valve was introduced , the 1.5 cost $2.95 and the 1.6 was 5.95. So 16 valves was quite expensive when running a hi lift cam. I didn't see the reason to run them in the exhaust unless the deats were bad. Replacing the seats wasalso very expensive to do it right.
You have to understand, money was in short supply raising 4 kids, and the price of adj lifters went up to over 20 bucks a set. so I build allot of engines for other people. My favorit engine back then was the Olds 370ci engine, another reason you couldn't use the stock trans and rear end. The La Sall trans got scarce, but the Caddy boxes were only 20/30 bucks, but you had to buy a Hurst shifter anothe 50 bucks shot. So you can see why racing was expensive.
Then waz the good ol days
Gramps