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valve setting for 61-261 #949655 06/11/2013 4:41 PM
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 122 mi R ryanz Shop Shark
ryanz Shop Shark R Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 122 mi	Book says .006 intake .020 exhaust (don't know if that's hot or cold) What do you pros say.

Re: valve setting for 61-261 ryanz #949656 06/11/2013 4:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,418 Fredericksburg, VA SWEET ODSS Lawman
SWEET ODSS Lawman Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,418 Fredericksburg, VA	Hot. You may want to lessen the exhaust gap. I run .018 and it purrs...... SWEET Sergeant At Arms: Old Dominion Stovebolt Society BUNS?!?!?!Where we're going, we don't need no buns..... 1950 GMC 450 1951 Chevy 1/2-Ton The GreenMachine In the Stovebolt Gallery

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