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02-01-2013 | 08:27 AM

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im thinking 1978

02-01-2013 | 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by endeavour32

If you can measure your lift, we might be able to give you an idea of what you have. The 454 Mag and 330 engines have different lift. What year are the engines?

how do i go about that, measure lift

02-01-2013 | 02:28 PM

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how do i go about that, measure lift

A dial indicator that fits into the lifter bore.

02-01-2013 | 05:42 PM

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A dial indicator that fits into the lifter bore.

Or if you have a dial indicator on a magnetic base you can run it down through one of the slots in the bottom of the lifter valley directly over the cam. Here's the lobe lift specs for the older Mark IV stuff from manual #9.

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