FWIW, .018 both intake and exhaust was the adj. recommended on the cam card for my reground cam. I think the stock adj. wastighter for the intake, but I don't have my book in front of me, to check that?
Some of the adjusters are bottomed out and won't tighten anymore.
that does not sound good?? were any of your pushrods bent?I found out the hard way that if you put to long of a bolt in some of the intake manifold bolt holes they will thread themselves right on through and into the sides
of the pushrods! and bend them or keep them from spinning or moving. Schuyler V. Wrobel Artist & Illustrator <artbysky.org> sky62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Jul 13, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Rich Kinsley wrote:
Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodiesFor those of you who are interested, read on. Otherwise it'll be boring.I ran the car hard today to simulate the trip to the dragstrip. It ran great. Go figure. It wouldn't even get really hot with idling or anything. I ran it about 10 miles at 3500 to 5000rpm's. I checked the valve adjustment after I got back while it was hot. Then after a few hours I checked it cold. It was all over the place. The exhaust were a little tighter hot except #6. The intake were all looser or the same except #8 which was tighter cold. Hot 1).018i,.017e; 2).020i,.017e; 3).018i,.014e***;4).017i,.016e; 5).017i,.016e; 6).016i,.018e; 7).018i,.020e; 8).018i,.016e Cold 1).017i,.020e; 2).018i,.020e; 3).017i,.015e; 4).017i,.016e: 5).017i,.017e; 6).014i,.016e; 7).018i,.021e; 8).020i,.020e Some of the adjusters are bottomed out and won't tighten anymore. Butthey were at .014" I&E cold spec when adjusted last. I am replacing the pushrods back to the stock which are about .006" longer than the ones Iwas using.Anybody care to contribute ideas as to any settings changes you think Ishould make? Ideas always welcome. ----Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks!'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
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