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I am in the process of rebuilding my 327,and have been having difficulty finding a clearance specification for between the valves and cylinder head. I placed a the head with gasket and placed some putty between the head and valves and found i have .12 clearance on the intake valve and .21 on the exhaust valve.I was hoping someone out there may know what what it should be. Thanks mike

just checking in. I have new pictures of my progress, last weekend I got my wheels back from florence prison where i had them powder coated, they did a beautiful job but it took a little over a month and a half. Now that the front end i back on the ground i was able to install the fresh 327. Hopping to have this on the road and ready to drive to laughlin by November. This website has been great i bought this car in pieces and without the information here i would be lost, thanks

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Very nice looking work.

just got back from having the new exhaust installed and I am getting close to being ready to start the rebuilt 327 and was hoping someone out there would have some good pics of the the routing of the vacuum lines any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

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If you have the Electromatic, unless someone posts better there are a few photos showing those tubes in the the clutch and electromatic training manual

Not much in the manuals for vacuum pump and wipers. A few views in service & parts manuals showing snippets which might help. You can get a fairly decent idea though -- and on the dist advance tube as well. Complete info showing the entire lengths at one time will probably have to rely on new photos.

This may help a bit. It does show the wiper motor and hoses.

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Nice work, Mike. I almost painted my wheels red- looks great!

Thanks for the picture, i need to reinstall the wiper motor and this will help, I am also looking for where the hoses off the manifold run to

just an update, started car for the first time this morning it ran great ready to start reassembling front clip and drive. I do have a small oil leak from the pan gasket. i straightened the flange on the pan cleaned it really well and ordered a one piece gasket, any sugestions?

Got the front clip reinstalled and went for a drive around the block, still have a few bugs but it ran great. wont be able to drive it to laughlin this year, mabye next year. Don't worry im not putting flames on it i promise, this is the hood i usually have hanging on the wall in the shop, i have another for the car

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