Isky Guideplate Install

[shownomercy]

Hopefully getting my car back on the road (just in time for snow) and just need some tips on setting adjustable guideplates, thanks to SSlowBoat for gettting em to me :)

[SSlowBoat]

Dremel to move tighter together, other than that, set up as usual

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[shownomercy]

But, what is "set up as usual"? Thats what I am in need of tips on

[dawdaw]

I put them on, get the both rockers centered. Put a few dabs of super glue on them. Remove studs and weld them off the car. Reinstall and repeat

[shownomercy]

How much depth adjustment is there with the iskys?

[Badazz 97 TA]

I got lucky I assume with mine. I didn't have to grind anything. Almost all of them needed to be a hair separated or as tight together as they would go for proper rocker alignment at full lift and at the base of cam.

I focused more on mid/full lift more than anything for alignment. Not sure if that was correct or not.

Some of them looked perfect at the base of the cam but as soon as it would go to mid or full lift it was way off. I would compensate to make it better at that position and then finally torque the stud down carefully.

I had to turn the motor by hand several times checking the different positions of each rocker until I was happy. It took a while.

[BALLSS]

The idea of the ISKY's is to allow EACH valve on same cyl to be aligned so it is dead nuts centered L-R on the valve tip. Front to back alignment (intake or exhaust side of motor) is determined by PR length

I did not weld mine once I installed them. Been on for 10 years now

Just put them on and hand tight the RR stud so you can still slide them around but there is some pressure on them. You "may" need to grind off some of the fingers so the 2 sides can come closer together if needed. I had to do that on a few but most were just fine with the 2 halves butted up and a few slightly separated.

They are nice units since the LT1 heads using one piece guide plates you just can "dead nut" line up one valve without effecting the other one

I have 2.02/1.60 valves so for me these were the perfect solution in perfect RR to valve tip geometry

[shownomercy]

The idea of the ISKY's is to allow EACH valve on same cyl to be aligned so it is dead nuts centered L-R on the valve tip. Front to back alignment (intake or exhaust side of motor) is determined by PR length

I did not weld mine once I installed them. Been on for 10 years now

Just put them on and hand tight the RR stud so you can still slide them around but there is some pressure on them. You "may" need to grind off some of the fingers so the 2 sides can come closer together if needed. I had to do that on a few but most were just fine with the 2 halves butted up and a few slightly separated.

They are nice units since the LT1 heads using one piece guide plates you just can "dead nut" line up one valve without effecting the other one

I have 2.02/1.60 valves so for me these were the perfect solution in perfect RR to valve tip geometry


What I meant with depth is the current plates had to be ground deeper so the PR would bottom out on the slot.

So far, responses seem to agree with the method I had in mind, thanks for the confidence guys :lol: