Quote: I maintain that you may have adjusted you lifters wrong not that you did but may have. In my above post I suggested that you took the hydraulic to tight therefore ajusting the lifters with a bottomed out plunger. Now finding that you have solid lifters I maintain that you may have adjusted them to 0 lash + one turn which is not the way to do it. With the lifter on the base circle of the cam the intakes need .010 clearance HOT and the exhaust need .018 clearance hot.
No I didnt do a leakdown like was suggested- I will have to invest in the parts to get the setup- maybe next time I can find it on my own.
Well Im defintiely no expert- I preferr adjusting chevy rockers while they are running
Anyhow- I dont THINK i adjusted them wrong because the car ran fine for a while and then progressively got worse... For some reason they tightened themselves up- If they are solid then I dont know how they tightened up on their own.
I plan to run another copmpression check this weekend as I want to see if the compression changed on that side.
After that I will recheck lash on all the valves. I did it hot last time but this time i will record the numbers hot and cold...
If you want to do it running there is no reason that you can't other than the mess. Have adjust many old Y block Fords and older solid lifter Mopars that way.
