re: Setting valves on a Healey 3000
Peter writes
> The shop manual (official BMC version) for my Healey
> 3000 (BJ7) says to set the valves at 0.012" with the
> engine cold, but there is a plate on the valve cover
> which says to set them to the same setting with the
> engine hot. Do any Healey owners on the net know
> which is correct?
I'm at work, and didn't bring my shop manual in with me
today :-) but I and everyone I know with a big Healey
always set the valves hot. By the way, the factory rally
cars set the valves at 0.015" rather than 0.012". On my
street Healey I usually aim for about 0.014" on the
assumption that it's better to hear the valves than to
smell them. I do sometimes autocross the car. On my
vintage racer I go for 0.015".
-- Dave L.
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