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03-31-2002, 01:14 PM

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When setting valve lash with car running ...

do i want to go 1/4 turn or 1/2 turn past 0 lash? right now I have it set at 1/2 but i dont know if thats good.

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rhuarc30 Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cottonwood, AZ 86326 Posts: 376 Classifieds Rating: (0)	anywhere between 1/4 and 1 full turn is fine. Stock is one turn, for high performance use a lot of people reccomend 1/4 turn, so you should be just fine.

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wasp Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: saugerties new york Posts: 885 Car: 91 firebird,mint Engine: 305 tbi,lots of work done Transmission: 700-r4 built by level 10 in nj Axle/Gears: 3.73, auburn , precision Classifieds Rating: (0)	i went 1/2 no probs

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jcb999 Supreme Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: College Station, Tex USA Posts: 1,443 Car: 89rs Engine: 400Sb Transmission: Tremec 3550 Classifieds Rating: (0)	sometimes it better to go closer to 1/2 bc they will make noise on start up especially when cold. __________________ 89rs w/a 400, some aluminum things, a tremec, 9inch-4.10 gear mods and it sounds like this idle.MPG

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