<VV> valve adjustment-- MY opinion

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
Sat Aug 2 10:58:45 EDT 2008


The 110 I'm putting back together right now got 1/2 turn.  Last time  
I did the valves it was also at 1/2 turn, and they were nice and  
quiet (this is the engine that turned out to have a burned piston).   
With any luck we'll fire it up tomorrow.

--Bryan

On Aug 2, 2008, at 1:08 AM, Dennis PLEAU wrote:

> One of my friends who is a well known Corvair mechanic once told  
> me, he tightened the valves on his cars and his performance  
> customers at 1/4 turn past zero lash.  Non performance customers  
> got 1/2 turn as they complain about the noise until the engine gets  
> warm.  You pick your driving style, you pick your prelload.
>
> dp



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