Todd,
You reply is confusing... Not only is it convoluted but it seems that you're
attacking me? Why... I don't care why but if you are attacking, "bite my a?*".
If not, clean up your language and get more fiber in your diet!
Suggestions are nothing more that...
I'd ask you to explain what you mean by:
"If you care to demonstrate that you've done the calculations for
thermal expansion of the valves, rockers, pushrods, lifters, cam and
head casting and for flex rates and elasticy for all of these
components, then I might put some credence in your second guessing of
the manual."
But I don't see any point in any conversation with you and your
attitude since as long as the hot clearances are known, your
comment's redundant.
Why would anyone want to hang out with a jerk? Other than stupidity...
TigerMan
<<forwarded message>>
to: bpeel@std (Bill Peel)
cc: british-cars@hoosier.utah.edu Andy.Banta@Eng.Sun.COM
from: Andy.Banta@Eng.Sun.COM
date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 10:10:24 EST
subj: Re: ticking noise
sent: 12/08/1991 4:19 pm (PDT)
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Bill Peel writes:
> As a kid in the 60's, I hung out in my fathers repair shop and any time we
> adjusted valves, there were a couple rules:
>
> 1) Do the adjustment with the engine warm and running if possible.
> Sometimes the oil mess was too much. The engines seem to get better
> performance when the valves are adjusted warm and running...
Why can't people RTFM? If the manual says to adjust the valves cold,
I can guaranfuckingtee there's a reason. If you hang out with me, or
Sam Sjogren, or (I think) Scott Fisher and see us adjust our valves
hot, it isn't because it's a high performance tweak. It's because
the cam grinder told us to with our specific application.
If you care to demonstrate that you've done the calculations for
thermal expansion of the valves, rockers, pushrods, lifters, cam and
head casting and for flex rates and elasticy for all of these
components, then I might put some credence in your second guessing of
the manual. I don't know about other British makes, but the MG
factory manual says to set the valves cold. Doing it any other way
"because that's how it's done on car X" is specious, at best.
andy
banta@abingdon.sun.com
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