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The guide can be clearly seen from the exhaust port. They typically protrude about 1/4" or so. Any that have moved will be obvious in relation to the others - we typically see them move anywhere from 1/4" to 1/2". At some point if they drop far enough it generally results in a burnt or bent valve (piston strike). They are often oily as well due to the dropped guide causing the stem seal to dislodge. And yeah - the gates kits are hot garbage. Just did a full kit on a car last week that had a Gates Chinese water pump fail with about 50-60k on it. That's almost worse than Ford 5.0 Coyote water pumps (but not quite). GD

It's been a minute, here's a quick update: I'm losing my outside storage, so the parts car has to go, and soon. So, I took a day, and stripped it down. I still need to get a few trim pieces, marker lights, the roped in windows, and the gas tank and anything else underneath, but it's 99% stripped. Everything was labeled and stored away. A few notes: this thing came apart super easy. I think I broke maybe 3 or 4 bolts total, very impressive for a '71. The doors are paper thin, they can't weigh more than 30-40 pounds a piece. I could carry two at a time, an odd feeling. I didn't take many pictures, it went pretty quickly and I didn't want to lose momentum. The good car will be getting moved to my actual shop soon, then some serious work will commence. I did go back and pull the rear axle after this photo was taken, also super easy and might make a cool trailer axle in the future.

If you're going to try that, please let the engine be warmed up before going to high RPM. Just my 2 bucks