Valve lash? How cold is cold? 20 degrees? 75 degrees? Hot is operating
temperature.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred & Mary Hodgson" <stlnyc@msn.com>
To: <Herald948@aol.com>; <tedtsimx@bright.net>; <rjhmile@yahoo.com>
Cc: <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???
> Andy -
>
> It depends on which cam you're running. Stock Triumph from day one
(except
> TR-7) was .010" cold. Warmed over & competition grinds were usually
spec'd
> hot. If you're given cold & hot settings, then I'd go with hot.
>
> Fred Hodgson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Herald948@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:42 AM
> To: tedtsimx@bright.net; rjhmile@yahoo.com
> Cc: FOT@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: re-torqing cylinder heads hot???
>
> In a message dated 3/2/2004 8:22:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> tedtsimx@bright.net writes:
>
> > Ryan, it depends ont eh gasket. SOme of the composition gaskets say
> > "retorque immediately upon ot" while others, such as copper, are done
> > cold. Ted
>
> OK, this leads me to an admittedly somewhat naive question. If one,
under the
> proper circumstances, retorques the head while hot, does one still then
wait
> until the engine cools before resetting the valve clearances?
>
> Just wondering....
>
> --Andy Mace
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