[Healeys] Valve gap theory : BN2

Rich Chrysler richchrysler at quickclic.net
Sat Jun 18 21:24:53 MDT 2011


Jose, 

The original guide for competition work which included by the way, all the
items that were later part of the Le mans kit suggested opening the valve
clearance to .015". So they were a bit "tappety" as far as noise is
concerned, nobody ever burned a valve that way.

Rich

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Sent: 2011-06-18 10:40
To: Richard Ewald
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Valve gap theory : BN2

But in terms of erforance, over heating, etc...

Jose



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On Jun 18, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald at gmail.com> wrote:

> Too much clearance = noise
> Too little clearance = burnt valve
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Jose Vicente Vargas <jvvmusme at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> The theory is valve gap should be in 0.12.
>
> What are the minus and plus of more closed valves ....(0.11)
>
> What are the minus and plus of more opened valves ....(0.13)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jose
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
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