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RE: Re: Setting valves, was: Follow-up question

To: "'Jack W. Drews '" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>,
Subject: RE: Re: Setting valves, was: Follow-up question
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:14:26 -0700
 On a racing engine there's no reason to be using a tune-up shortcut. You
need a mark on your pulley to show bdc for number 1 which is tdc for two and
three. You set the valves in pairs on the compresssion stroke at TDC for
that cylinder.  

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 6/22/2005 4:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Setting valves, was: Follow-up question

>I've been resisting getting into this one, but I can no longer resist.
>
>If you have anything but a stock camshaft in the engine, the "rule of 
>nines" doesn't necessarily work. Try it some time. Set a valve using
that 
>rule, and then rotate the engine another 90 deg or so and check the
valve 
>clearance again. You will find that it is several thousandths wide.
>
>I have tried this on three cams - Isky, BFE, and Solow.
>
>The above may not apply to a stock cam. I haven't tried it.

uncle jack 

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