?? Valve Lashing 273 ??

toolmanmike said

I just wanted to describe a different idea. A different way. My buddy built a beautiful car. It runs good, gets great mileage and is a blast to drive. He may be no expert but he bleeds Mopar and does cast iron head work for R&J Performance here in Iowa. They have done heads for John Force and heads for Chrysler Corp. He's no dummy.

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I have heard this being done also. The guy I knew would tighten the adjuster hot and running till the pushrod wouldn't turn by hand then back it off just a bit??? He only did it on slant sixes also. The problem is, if it ever gets hotter than where the valves were adjusted things will expand to the point that the valves will not close. I like a little margin myself and set to factory specs or cam munufacturers specs.