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Is this on both sides or just driver side? I just replaced my LCA bushes on my B Body and on the driver's side when the LCA is at full droop as I tightened the LCA nut (not torquing it, just tightening it loosely to seat the pin in the K frame), a small part of the LCA hit the K frame, and when...

The poll needs to be in bigger increments, say 300 lbs/ft, 350, 400 etc. Who here can feel the difference between 320 and 330 lbs/ft? If it's your car maybe, but in general terms? No one. My vote is enough torque to make the car feel light, however much it weighs. To have that push in the...

Yeah but this table is the same advice I followed for iron/iron and set mine cold at .016 (the hot setting is .014). I checked them hot after reading all this debate and they were at .018... I then did them all again at .012. I didn't mind as I actually learned something - that real life...

Doesn't use any coolant. Rings shouldn't be worn, new stroker build 14 months ago. I went to a 6 plug because of the 10.8 compression ratio, which is prone to detonation.

Well I finally checked the hot lash this afternoon and Newbomb Turk is correct - there is slightly more lash hot than cold on my iron block, iron heads engine. I set them .016" cold thinking I'd get to 0.014" hot, but they are at .018. Now I have to fix them all, I'll set them to .012. Another...

I'm not arguing either, I'm asking because I don't know. Until a few weeks ago I'd never adjusted the valve lash on any car. I only used the EOIC method because that seemed to make sense and there was a few tutorials online how to do it. Your method seems to be the same as what I followed...

I thought the EOIC method WAS making sure the lifter was on the base circle? That's the method I used, going from No. 1 cylinder, around the engine as per the firing order. Slowly, methodically, one rocker and valve at a time in order. What is the difference to that in the method you used?

Yes as per post #13. I used blue loctite on the loose one. I just finished re-checking the cold setting. They are still at .016" and the loose one has stayed at .016" which is good. I'm not looking forward to checking the hot measurement at all. Apart from the heat issue, if they have loosened...

I've got stainless steel valves in my poly - that was another reason why I went looser. I'd read .02" for the stainless. And I am going to do what you outlined in post #12 - I'm going to doublecheck the cold right now, and then hopefully do the hot check tomorrow.

This was one of the articles I read that lead me to setting them a tad wider: “What I Learned Today” With Jeff Smith — Cold Lash Vs. Hot Lash From the article: Thermal Expansion Table Because the engine dimensions will change with the heat of operating temperature, Crane Cams came up with a...

Well I'm confused. I did this job on my poly 2 weeks back. The lash adjusters don't have a lock nut, they are an interference fit and one was loose. I pulled the valve cover due to the ticking noise and discovered it backed right off, so I thought I'd check them all. First time I've ever done it...

354 Poly Stroker in a 66 Satellite

I never even bother to respond if: a) Someone else has already given the correct answer b) I haven't actually experienced the issue myself

Welcome aboard Galen. On my first trip across the USA in 1996 I bought an Old Car Trader magazine and started searching for a muscle car. I was only just out of college and had no money really. I kept seeing your name in the adverts for the better cars, didn't really know what it meant, but it...