Just reminder - head rebuilt, line bored and skimmed top and bottom - clearance 10 ish on the inlets and 8 ish on the Exhausts..
Got the timing cover off - stuck a protractor on the crank and checked TDC with dial gauge. All good. Retarded cam one tooth and also put one of the ex valves back to correct 18 thou clearance.
Used dial gauge to check ex valve close position on the .18 valve - got 14 degrees ATDC which is near as the book as youll prob get and certinly better than the 35 degrees i started with. Then checked position on the crank on the .08 ex valve which gave 55 degrees.. very odd.
I must be missing something here. Do the tight clearance make that much difference to the cam timing? Nothing seems to fit the book.. do i screw it back together and fire it up and see how it runs or get the head put back to stock tolerances?