Yes, I like to whittle on cast iron and make non-original parts that are more plentiful and less expensive than OEM stovebolt stuff fit. If the engine happens to get 30 or 40 cubic inches bigger and still looks just like original, so much the better!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!