[Shotimes] Slight ticking from below intake

[George Fourchy]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:49:27 -0600, Steve Weinrich wrote:

>The valve shims are intended to be replaced at the adjustment interval, not
>just checked.

And....On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:03:51 -0500, Erik Balser wrote:

> I've talk to a lot of Ford shops that people have brought SHO's to and they said
>they've never seen one under 100K that's needed to be done...maybe they
>don't know what they're doing though.,... i don't know

Also....On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:27:39 -0500 (EST), Paul L Fisher wrote:

>I've heard you need to check the condition of all the shims as well as clearance, 
>never replace them all. Perfromance-Plus and FPS don't do it. As a matter of 
>fact, if I needed a different sized shim, they would take an old one out of 
>their parts bin and put mine in for someone else.

The Lowrider is certainly not the typical SHO.  I'm not telling anyone else to do what I
am doing.  I change the oil every 3K miles with dyno oil.

It never had the cam covers off until 201K miles.  Vadim was sure the cams would be
trashed, like one of you describes.  They were like new.  I used to have pictures....they
are around somewhere, but I can't get them on the new website.  Lots of you have seem
them already, when the old site was going.  When we checked clearances, exactly ONE valve
was .001 too loose....that is, it was supposed to be at .012 and it was at .014.  We took
it down to .012 with a used shim from the SHOShop kit I had borrowed.  Half of the others
were at spec, and half were .001 too tight or too loose....I left them alone.  It won't
have the covers off again.

I can't say why the one engine mentioned was totally trashed.  Oil is supposed to prevent
that.  That has to be the reason....something to do with oil changing, or the lack of it,
or cheap oil.

The Lowrider's engine won't be gone into again, front or top (or rear).  I'll check the
subsequent cars every few years.  It's a good feeling....turn the key and know it'll make
it non-stop across the country every time I start it.

I'd say the ticking originally mentioned is the injectors doing what they are supposed to
do.  I hear them on L.

George      ....250K miles tonight on the way home.