If I can get a thread and a half showing with a .045 + plunger depression, I’m good!
Not with me responding further.Will we see 3 pages of "how do I do that again"?
I've been a member here for a good 15 years, got lots of help from lots of good people,I've never had a bad taste in my mouth until now.I've got an idea...
How to set your lifter preload.
Let's try to stay positive. There's a lot of good information in this thread, too. .....and regardless of WHAT WHO says, there are different ways of adjusting preload and even on hydraulics, a difference between a light or heavy preload can make small differences in how the engine performs. Solids of course, show more response to those changes. I've just always had the best luck and performance using a light touch with only 1/4 to 1/2 turn.....which normally puts the preload in the .025-.040 range.I've been a member here for a good 15 years, got lots of help from lots of good people,I've never had a bad taste in my mouth until now.
I am far from a master mechanic, but i know my way around a classic car.
I pay my yearly gold membership to help the forum going , I actually even bought other members a membership also to help the forum..
I did use the search tool before asking my question, maybe I should have spent more time searching..
You have turned the thread into a **** show
Thanks for the reply, I will be digging more into it next week or so..Let's try to stay positive. There's a lot of good information in this thread, too. .....and regardless of WHAT WHO says, there are different ways of adjusting preload and even on hydraulics, a difference between a light or heavy preload can make small differences in how the engine performs. Solids of course, show more response to those changes. I've just always had the best luck and performance using a light touch with only 1/4 to 1/2 turn.....which normally puts the preload in the .025-.040 range.
That's simply my experience. I'm sure others have had success doing it differently, and that's great.
Thanks for the reply, I will be digging more into it next week or so..
Along with multiple others..I have to ask... did you click on the link?
I have to ask... did you click on the link?
Thank you .that's another question I'll need an answer to. I contact comp and find out .For what it's worth, if your adjusters have a 20 tpi pitch, one full turn is 0.050" if the adjusters are 24 tpi, one turn is ~0.042".
Thank you .that's another question I'll need an answer to. I contact comp and find out .
For what it's worth, if your adjusters have a 20 tpi pitch, one full turn is 0.050" if the adjusters are 24 tpi, one turn is ~0.042".
You can figure it out yourself very easily. If you don't have a thread pitch gauge, measure the od of the adjusters. If they're 3/8", they're 24tpi, if they're 7/16", they're 20tpi.
Easy enough.. saves me pulling out the dial indicator.. thanksYou can figure it out yourself very easily. If you don't have a thread pitch gauge, measure the od of the adjusters. If they're 3/8", they're 24tpi, if they're 7/16", they're 20tpi.
So bud you have almost 5000 messages on this forum.. and you still have not answered my question on what you would set the preload at? You know the information..I have to ask... did you click on the link?
Isn't it nice how some people will post a 1000 words to criticize a question or post, rather than a few words to answer it. Some people live very boring lives.Time for you to take a hike
Have a good day..
What's boring is seeing the same basic questions from the "spoon feeder brigade".Isn't it nice how some people will post a 1000 words to criticize a question or post, rather than a few words to answer it. Some people live very boring lives.
I still read printed manuals all the time.Rusty, remember the days when you had to read a service manual, or spend 5 minutes visualizing something in your head so you could understand how it worked and how to proceed with what you wanted to do? You know, exercise the brain, train yourself to be better at what your doing??
Well forget that.. Now it's pull out the "E Brain" (IPhone) from their pocked and hope it or someone else will do all the hard lifting.. Then complain when someone has the ordacity to ridicule them over it..