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[[File:Bbc 702 cc.jpg|thumb|Closed chamber,c/n 702 shown]]
 
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==Exhaust valve guides==
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{{Note1}}The following is an excerpt from an AERA technical bulletin:
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'''Exhaust Valve Guide Caution On 1965-98 GM Big Block Engines'''
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These engines' valve guides were not intended as a replacement item from GM.
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The guides were located into the head castings after the head was cast and
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the exhaust guide is "water cooled".
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The water-cooled guide also has two different size press fit diameters. Adding additional confusion to the matter, they also switched the location of the larger diameter sometime in 1985.
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To determine which outside diameter guide you have and which direction to
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remove an exhaust valve guide, the following procedure is suggested:
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Drive the guide no more than 0.250" (6.35 mm) toward the valve spring side of
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the head and stop. Then, measure the newly exposed area of the guide
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OD next to the spring pad.
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If the measurement is 0.620" it is the first style guide. To remove this
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style guide, continue driving it toward the valve spring side of the head.
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If the measurement is 0.616" , it is the second style guide. To remove
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this style guide, you must drive it the opposite direction toward the combustion
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chamber side of the head.
  
 
==BBC L29 Vortec heads==
 
==BBC L29 Vortec heads==
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===BBC casting number resources===
 
===BBC casting number resources===
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*[http://www.mortec.com/bbc.htm Big Block Chevy V-8 Casting Numbers] by Mortec
 
*[http://outintheshop.com/faq/casting/castings2.html Chevy BB casting number "go-to" site] from outintheshop.com
 
*[http://outintheshop.com/faq/casting/castings2.html Chevy BB casting number "go-to" site] from outintheshop.com
 
*[http://www.nastyz28.com/bbcmenu.php Big Block Chevy Engine Parts Identification] from nastyz28.com
 
*[http://www.nastyz28.com/bbcmenu.php Big Block Chevy Engine Parts Identification] from nastyz28.com
*{{Note1}} The Mortec site is no longer available. BBC Mortec info is listed [[Identifying Chevy engines#Mortec_BBC_block_casting_numbers|'''here''']].
 
  
 
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