Re: Adjusting valves another way

[William Cole <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The way I always adjusted the valves on my race motors was to do it like
this:
When the exhaust valve just started to open, adjust the intake. When the
intake valve opens all the way and starts to close, adjust the exhaust.
I'm talking doing one cylinder at a time. Chrysler has a way to adjust
several valves at the same time by having the engine at TDC, then going
90 degrees and adjusting several others. Don't have the chart about it
so I can't tell you which valves you adjust with each turn. Someone else
on the list may have that to post it.

Bill C.
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:54:22 -0600, "Tom Watters"
<tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 
> Gary H,
> 
> What you described is how I set the adjustables on my 440, and on my 
> 273.  Seemed the easiest route for me.
> 
> If for some odd reason someone put a 4-7 swap cam in, would have to make 
> sure to adjust order to match.
> 
> --Tom
> 
> Gary Futrell wrote:
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> > It appears lightly different, but this is basically the way that I've
> > always adjusted valves on a V8. Adjust half on the #1 firing position
> > ( correct valves ! ) and the other half on the #6 firing position.
> > When I was 16 I took my 64 Chebbie with solid lifter 396 transplant to
> > a speed shop to adjust the valves. It came back running poorly and the
> > guy had also bolted down one of my plug wires under the valve cover.
> > No one ever worked on my cars after that.
> >
> >   Gary F.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Gary H. <spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have adjusted solid lifter valves just going front to back with a feeler gauge, I then E, one bank at a time.
> >>
> >> But I was reading a Web page that said that claims "you need to forget about...all that information that many individuals (and books) have taught you in the past."
> >>
> >> They say (on http://www.centuryperformance.com/adjusting-valve-lash-spg-149.html )  the only way to accurately adjust is to make adjustments on "opposite" valves on the engine cycle.
> >>
> >> So a 318 Poly firing order 18436572 which means:
> >>
> >> Cylinder Numbering:
> >> Driver Side bank, front to back
> >> 1
> >> 3
> >> 5
> >> 7
> >>
> >> Passenger Side bank, front to back
> >> 2
> >> 4
> >> 6
> >> 8
> >>
> >> .010 (hot) Intake Valve Adjustment:   ENGINE OFF!
> >>
> >> *with #1 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #6 Intake Valve
> >> *with #8 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #5 Intake Valve
> >> *with #4 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #7 Intake Valve
> >> *with #3 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #2 Intake Valve
> >> *with #6 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #1 Intake Valve
> >> *with #5 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #8 Intake Valve
> >> *with #7 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #4 Intake Valve
> >> *with #2 cylinder Intake Valve at full valve lift .... Adjust #3 Intake Valve
> >>
> >> .018 (hot) Exhaust Valve Adjustment:   ENGINE OFF!
> >>
> >> ... this is the same procedure and sequence as the intake valves listed above. Only now you are adjusting ONLY the exhaust valves the same way.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Gary H.
> >>
> >>
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