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Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???

To: <Herald948@aol.com>, <tedtsimx@bright.net>, <rjhmile@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???
From: "Fred & Mary Hodgson" <stlnyc@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 20:46:02 -0700
Andy -

It depends on which cam you're running.  Stock Triumph from day one (except
TR-7) was .010" cold.  Warmed over & competition grinds were usually spec'd
hot.  If you're given cold & hot settings, then I'd go with hot.

Fred Hodgson

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From: Herald948@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:42 AM
To: tedtsimx@bright.net; rjhmile@yahoo.com
Cc: FOT@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???

In a message dated 3/2/2004 8:22:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tedtsimx@bright.net writes:

> Ryan, it depends ont eh gasket.  SOme of the composition gaskets say
> "retorque immediately upon ot"  while others, such as copper, are done
> cold.  Ted

OK, this leads me to an admittedly somewhat naive question. If one, under the
proper circumstances, retorques the head while hot, does one still then wait
until the engine cools before resetting the valve clearances?

Just wondering....

--Andy Mace

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