And I’ve got a whisper in the back of my head that I didn’t triple-check a clearance and the engine will explode on the first start.
Dude, step back, take a break and let the bike sit. Take it apart again and check that clearance. There's way too much money spent on this to blow it all up. If you're talking valve clearance, I don't think it will explode. Timing off by a tooth, not going to explode either but two teeth, yes it might.
Rook, you can add the stage 1 kit to a bone stock engine on pump gas with the 4lb. spring ONLY!, get itchy for more power, 6lb. spring can equal the BIG BANG theory. Boost is like any other addiction once you're hooked too much is never enough...
Thanks Fordtech. I'm breathing a sigh of relief. I'd be happy with a good race exhaust at this point but I was thinking 'why?' Why spend 2-3 thousand on an aftermarket exhaust if I'm just going to tear it off and put a turbo on in a year or two? I'll be very happy to just to hear the bike make more noise at this point. As for the boost addiction, I'll manage that. All the money I've saved over the last year went into buying and building this bike. It's gonna stay with me forever.
That's what I was talking about when I mentioned starting the bike after the valve clearance adjustment. You just never know 100% until you turn that key. You know what you're doing. My only course of action when doing these things is to be extremely careful and go extremely slow. LOL I didn't dare let that chain move off the crankshaft sprocket. I had it all bungied up until it was ready to go back on the camshafts. I don't recall it jumping teeth with the cam chain tensioner in. I must have turned it by hand a couple times to check everything out. Sounds like your stock CCT spring release is a little worn out. Maybe it wasn't released properly when you put the CCT back in. Mine was locked open and then I tapped it with a long screwdriver held down the cam chain tunnel. It popped shut putting tension on the chain.