These are the valve stems, the little silver "buttons" poking through the springs. The cam tower is off, so all the valves should be shut and even. Note the right (Exhaust Valve Cyl #1) "button" is lower than the left (Intake Valve Cyl #1). This clearly shows the damage - Exhaust Valve Cyl #1 is not closing completely. It's bent. Badly. It's very likely destroyed the valve seat, which I really don't care about, since I have another head. However, it still remains to be seen whether there was damage to the piston. I don't think the valve head would have popped off - I've never seen that happen, and I would have heard it when turning the engine over - so the cylinder walls are probably ok. Again, I dont' care terribly, since I have a newly rebuilt short block. It's meant for the race car, but in this case I'd use it to get this car going and find another engine for the race car.
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