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#16390 05/11/2002 5:18 PM | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 108 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 108 | I'm in the process of putting in my new 235 in the '51. I bought a 3/4 (mild) cam from Patrick's and am just wondering......on valve adjustment....... do you do it the same with this type of cam as you would with a stock cam? IE: bring #1 T.D.C. set 1(i),1(e), etc, etc...then #6 T.D.C. etc? or does the added lift / duration on this cam require a different approach?
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#16391 05/11/2002 5:35 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | .Still need to have clearance at the valve-stem and rocker contact area if you have solid lifters!
.If it has hydraulic lifters,the adjustment will still need to be set with the zero-lash and 1/4 to 1/2 turn tighter method.
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#16392 05/11/2002 6:46 PM | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 108 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 108 | Mechaniac,
I have solids (of course). I'm aware of the clearance issue, I was wondering specifically if the process of setting them differed in any way. Patrick said .006 & .013 respectively. I just forgot to ask him this question. And since it's sat....... | | |
#16393 05/12/2002 6:03 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | .Go about the valve adjustment as you normally would .Set it to the clearances he suggested,you should be o.k.,however, I think .006 is a little tight if you plan on running it hard.That is why you got the cam didn`t you? 
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