[Shotimes] Slight ticking from below intake

[Erik Balser]

That's one thing I make sure my baby always gets, good oil.. Mobil 1 or
Valvoline durablend. Both are good oils in my mind.  And done every 3K.
It's not only good for the engine it's good for the mind.

'95 MTX
masho95
http://home.attbi.com/~masho95
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Slight ticking from below intake


> 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.
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