yea, I am not sure if I believe "that" was the problem but as long as they fixed it, I would be happy.

 

Completely agree.

 

No comment on the fix but FWIW Artie is NOT a idiot over at TFS.

Only wish TFS wasn't owned by Summit so the rest of us could sell these heads. Either way I still like them.

Bret

 

Dont leave us hanging.... Just curious if everything went together ok.

 

As far as I can tell nothing has changed, as the same exact problem still exists.

Roller tip of the rocker is tilted on the valve stem. The valve stem doesn't even get marked 1/3 of the way across when rolling a pattern.

 

Sorry guys for not posting in awhile. I didn't want to leave you hanging though. Just had alot of things going on and I thought it was handled. I could not see how the studs were wrong either but I took Arties word that the issue was fixed. He told me the heads checked out fine on their equipment so I let it go. There was then a delay on getting the heads back to Speed INC so they just recently got them back and discovered the issue was uncorrected. I am really starting to get concerned here as my car has been out of commission for a long time and I have a boat load of $$$ in this setup. Is everyone here sure it could not be a issue with the block??? Seems that everyone is sure that it is the heads but I just cannot figure out what could be causing this if the heads truly did spec out ok. I called Artie today to readdress the issue so we will see where it takes us. Thank you everyone for all your interest in helping me get this issue resolved. I also really want to thank Speed INC for being so thorough and not letting somthing go together half assed.
Randy

 

Dont get bummed out, it will come along. Im sure if you get a reputable shop to talk to Artie, they will take care of you. They dont need unsatisfied customers. Trickflow has always had a great reputation. I understand your getting really pissed off and upset. I mean, I would too. But from a 3rd person view of things, seriously dont worry about it. It will come out just fine. It just wont happen instantly ...

Be glad the shop caught it. Alot of places would have been like "Not my car, not my problem" and slapped it together. Never siad a word to you, and 1000 miles later you would be in LT1 tech is disbelief that the new set upd failed already.

 

Well, one way to check the block is to swap the heads to another block, I am sure Speed Inc has one laying around somewhere that they could borrow for 10 minutes. I don't see how the block would cause this though.

 

Well they are trying to rule out the block now. The block was assembled by CMS so there should not be any issues with it. Hopefully they have some lt1 stuff laying around.
As far as everything working out im sure it will eventually. The heads were already shipped back to TFS once with the issue unresolved. Artie was supposed to give them a call and get to the bottem of it. As of yesterday Speed Inc had not heard back from him. Hopefully somehow this will get resolved. I am sure Speed INC wants to get this car out of their shop and get payed for their work.

 

Well I will tell you guys that my Trickflow heads seem to be almost the same way. When looking at the valves and the studs it seems like the studs are not in the right spots. I have been running mine like this for about 6mos. I just got some Isky adjustable guideplates from Lloyd to try and resolve this problem but don't know what will happen. The heads do seem to work fine but I don't like the way the rockerarms sit over the valves. If I cannot make it work right I may swap over to some shaft mounted rockers to correct the problem Later Clint

 

HMMM maybe the issue really is with the heads then. I never would have noticed looking down on my engine stand. Glad speed inc stuck a feeler gauge in there and was a little more thorough then I was. I wonder how many sets are like this. Maybe shaft mounts would take care of this whole issue and strengthen then valve train. Heads still should be correct from TFS and not require shaft mounts.

 

it will be interesting to hear what they find out.

I had stopped reading this post since I thought it was a "done deal" but I guess I'll start reading it again.

Lloyd

 

Sounds like an issue with the casting.

 

It may say somewhere on this post, but how old are the heads? I got mine in February or March. I have been very happy with mine. No problems so far. Please keep us posted, I think everyone is stumped on this one. good luck

 

Myself and some others that have posted are not stumped...either the guide bores were drilled at an angle or the rocker pads/stud holes were machined at an angle.