A broken harmonic balance wont bend valves If you've broken your timing chain..then chances are very high. Balancers have been known to fail in the barra
When we measured mine.. the cylinders were literally "oval" without the head bolted on.. Just made sense to have the cylinders "round" when measuring ring gaps..
I like ^^ this guy. Good,solid advice. I filed my ring sets with the torque plate.. The difference was eye opening and substantial. I guess it comes down to detail Cheers
OOh.. Mine does the same thing... Crow springs.. built motor. Start up sounds like your rummaging through the pots and pan draw. 2-3 seconds and goes away. Decent oil pressure blah blah Been chasing out tails.. Im running atomic cams so anti-pump maybe the way to go..