I fought the tick and the, tick won, I fought the tick and the, tick wooooooooon
It took awhile but I finally accepted that my 216 was going to tick. After exhausting several different clearance settings I went on to hot zero clearance adjusting with the engine at the lowest rpm it would take before stalling and I still couldn't get that danged ole tick tick tick out.
I'd no sooner than think I'd get one cylinder quiet than I'd be back on it later because it would be the one still ticking.
So I've settled for .005" on the intakes and .012" on the exhausts and it's about as good as I will get it.
Funny but at 40 mph the engine is at it's quietest and I can actually hear how well the exhaust sounds w/every cylinder hitting a good powerful lick. I can even hear the carb sucking gobbs of air to feed those hungry cylinders....
So I make it a point to cruise at 40
Dave
P.S. if someone does happen along w/the perfect quiet setting, I'll no doubt try it
