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Today I fired up newly rebuilt super major, she started very quickly very smoky. I ran her about 1/4 throttle up to temp. retorqued head and set valves to 12 and 15. Double checked pump timing right on 23 degree. removed exhaust manifold, ran her again intermittent puffs of white smoke at each cylin...

I will be cranking freshly rebuilt Super Major for first time since major rebuild, tomorrow morning. Plan is to start her up, bring up to temp and retorque head and reset valves. My question is when I retorque head bolts do I follow order of bolt number 1 thru 17, or backwards bolt 17-thru 1.

Crud, guess pictures did not work. I am working on 1963 super major . Thanks for input.

Okay guy's , I think I am ready for initial start up of this engine. Couple questions first thing I expected to find engine harder to turn over by hand with injectors installed I could feel the compression while turning but still turned over with ease, yes valves are adjusted at 12 and 15, and decom...