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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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| Mark Henry |
Aug 22 2010, 10:09 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
You might not have enough miles on it to check, lean plugs usually have a white electrode (the ceramic part). You need to drive for about 20min, turn off the key and coast to a stop and then check plugs. Do a Google search for the full instructions.
I now use a wideband to tune and jet, instant results and no pulling plugs. |
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| jeffdon |
Aug 22 2010, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,094 Joined: 24-October 06 From: oakland, ca Member No.: 7,087 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Aug 22 2010, 09:09 AM)  You might not have enough miles on it to check, lean plugs usually have a white electrode (the ceramic part). You need to drive for about 20min, turn off the key and coast to a stop and then check plugs. Do a Google search for the full instructions. I now use a wideband to tune and jet, instant results and no pulling plugs. I am really leaning towards getting a wideband also. Just keeping an eye open for deals. |
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| jeffdon |
Aug 22 2010, 04:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,094 Joined: 24-October 06 From: oakland, ca Member No.: 7,087 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(jeffdon @ Aug 22 2010, 09:23 AM) QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Aug 22 2010, 09:09 AM) You might not have enough miles on it to check, lean plugs usually have a white electrode (the ceramic part). You need to drive for about 20min, turn off the key and coast to a stop and then check plugs. Do a Google search for the full instructions. I now use a wideband to tune and jet, instant results and no pulling plugs. I am really leaning towards getting a wideband also. Just keeping an eye open for deals. Reset the valves (some had opened, some had tightened). One of the adjusters was hitting the valve cover too! Dimpled the cover a little. Runs much better....strong enough to really feel the hesitation and dead spot in my webers! LOL!! |
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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 sean_v8_914 Krusty knows best.
what pistons are you running? s... Aug 21 2010, 12:18 PM jeffdon
Krusty knows best.
what pistons are you running? ... Aug 21 2010, 12:52 PM 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 |
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