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| jeffdon | 
			
			  Aug 21 2010, 11:21 AM
			
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			 Been driving with the new engine, and probably have all of an hour and a half behind the wheel.   The engine has quite the clattering noise that I notice at idle, which I assume is the valves.   I set (and re-set) them three times before it went in the car.  My webcam 494 spec card showed to set both valves to .006.  I went with .007, based on the common thinking that its better to be a little loose.   I am running stock push rods. 
			
			
					
		Just climbed under the car thinking to check the valves, and am really not looking forward to this. I have set them with the engine in the car in the past, and cannot recall it being such a crappy job. I guess my question boils down to this: Should I put more road time on the car before adjusting the valves? Or am I better off letting things break in more before doing the adjust. I am thinking if the valves are making noise, they may be loose, which is way better than too tight, allthough the performance would be down. Whats all ya'lls consensus?  | 
	
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| sean_v8_914 | 
			
			  Aug 21 2010, 12:18 PM
			
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		what pistons are you running? size? brand?  | 
	
| jeffdon | 
			
			  Aug 21 2010, 12:52 PM
			
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 jeffdon   Valves on new rebuild   Aug 21 2010, 11:21 AM
 
 Cap'n Krusty   First off, loose is safer, but NOT better, as it c...   Aug 21 2010, 11:44 AM
 
 jeffdon   
First off, loose is safer, but NOT better, as it ...   Aug 21 2010, 11:52 AM
 
 jeffdon   [quote name='jeffdon' date='Aug 21 201...   Aug 21 2010, 12:55 PM
 
 Jake Raby   The web recommendations do not consider the pushro...   Aug 21 2010, 02:05 PM
 
 jeffdon   
The web recommendations do not consider the pushr...   Aug 21 2010, 02:33 PM
 
 Mark Henry   Stock PR so run them at the .006
It's not goin...   Aug 21 2010, 06:57 PM
 
 jeffdon   
Stock PR so run them at the .006
It's not goi...   Aug 22 2010, 08:17 AM
 
 Mark Henry   You might not have enough miles on it to check, le...   Aug 22 2010, 10:09 AM
 
 jeffdon   
You might not have enough miles on it to check, l...   Aug 22 2010, 10:23 AM
 
 jeffdon   
You might not have enough miles on it to check, ...   Aug 22 2010, 04:17 PM![]() ![]()  | 
	
 
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