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Valve clearances- Hot or Cold #344562 06/12/09 07:22 AM 06/12/09 07:22 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Adelaide, SOUTH Australia R REDNICK OP member
REDNICK OP member R Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Adelaide, SOUTH Australia	Hi, Whats the concensus? Comp cams solid in a big block stroker engine. Cam card gives clearances, but does this mean "hot" or "cold" ? Nick

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: REDNICK] #344563 06/12/09 07:29 AM 06/12/09 07:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,064 Arlington, Texas earlybee master
earlybee master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,064 Arlington, Texas	Hot.

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: earlybee] #344564 06/12/09 07:58 AM 06/12/09 07:58 AM
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Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: Hot. Fastest 300

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: Crizila] #344565 06/12/09 09:28 AM 06/12/09 09:28 AM
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REDNICK OP member R Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Adelaide, SOUTH Australia	Roger..... Thanks all 5288077-Mopars006.JPG (64 downloads)

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: REDNICK] #344566 06/12/09 10:31 AM 06/12/09 10:31 AM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	The clearance #s they give are hot, but what I've always done is intially set them hot then wnen the engine cools down go back & measure them again... That now becomes my new "cold" valve setting... When trying to set the valves hot the engine is cooling the whole time your adjusting so the setting from one valve to the next varies & you might/probably should start the engine halfway through the process & warm it back up... It's easier to work on a nice thermally stable engine...The fact it won't burn the crap outta you doesn't hurt either.. BTW Nice 68!!

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: REDNICK] #344567 06/12/09 11:20 AM 06/12/09 11:20 AM
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JimG mopar J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 531 Virginia	How long after shutting down a fully warmed engine does it cool enough to affect the valve settings in a negative way? I've alwyas wondered.

Re: Valve clearances- Hot or Cold [Re: JimG] #344568 06/12/09 01:50 PM 06/12/09 01:50 PM
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BADDART enthusiast B Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 368 Detroit,MI	I would just wait over nite,because a cold valve lash would be just that-dead cold. Chris

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