[Jerry Clayton]

Barry and Brent---

Pretty much agree with what you have said but this guy has a diesel--

Lash does not necessarily grow when hot----depends on the total package of the engine--
an engine with alum block or heads does expand more than cast irom and needs to have a tighter setting than an cast iron block/heads--combo of iron/alum block/heads can vary to a degree also--

The differance of lash settings for the valves other than that comes down to the size/material/construction of the valves--the intake runs cooler than the exhaust---are the stems sodium filled to transfer heat from the valve heads to stems? etc, etc

On this guys diesel(if he would state what it is ) we could find the numbers he needs--however you can't just throw a number at it because the diesel (altho a lower rpm) runs at a much more critical set of numbers (similar to a race engine) and can't be assumed to just be a low performance daily driver type engine