Right, just take the noise out of them. Every car is going to be slightly different too. Wear/age ect... Your safe if the engine sounds like a sewing machine, but anything more and your out of adjustment.
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Right, just take the noise out of them. Every car is going to be slightly different too. Wear/age ect... Your safe if the engine sounds like a sewing machine, but anything more and your out of adjustment.
and you can run into problems at high rpms with them that looseQuote:
Originally Posted by joelster
I thought shbox says to adjust stock lifters to 1/2 turn or so? Comp r's should be around 1/6 or 1/4. somethin about the stock lifter plunger has more travel than aftermarket lifters, so they need more preload.
This is what I went by too I started with 1/4 turn and then decided 1/2 was the best for me my rockers are 1.6 crower self aligning rocker.Quote:
Originally Posted by kinglt1
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I went 1/4 to 1/2 on my pro-mags. I always thought the factory was 1 on a standard rocker. Not sure, though.
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Originally Posted by NicksTAgt
indeed :doh:
I have always set the stock lifters at 1/4 past 0 lash and the comps 1/8 past 0 lash.
Im pretty much gonna believe anything this man says haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Shepherd
Just to make sure of my methodology... since you cant do the "spin test" with the engine running, do you just listen for the slack to go away and then add whatever ammount of turn past that?