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Old 03-19-2010, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
You don't have to do all that. The simple, tried and true method that has been done since the Romans lashed their horses is as follows:

1. Rotate the engine until the exhaust rocker goes down to open the exhaust valve. Set the INTAKE lash to your setting.

2. Rotate the engine until the intake rocker comes up to close from its full lift position. Set the EXHAUST lash to your setting.
If I do that, then I can set 1/2 the valves on the compression stroke for #1 and the rest on the compression stroke for #6, which is obviously a hell of a lot easier. My only issue is that Steve Christ recommends using TDC for each cylinder for higher lift cams, not sure exactly why. I am not quite sure my "B" cam qualifies for that, but wasn't sure.
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