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Old 05-04-2007, 09:12 PM   #1
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setting valve lash questions.

How often does one set valve lash? how hard is it? how long does it take? any special tools required? I heard if you get stud girdles you dont need to set valve lash, true? just for roller? How reliable would daily driving a car with a solid cam be?
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Old 05-05-2007, 04:10 PM   #2
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if you have a solid cam, you adjust lash quite a bit.
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Old 05-06-2007, 04:26 PM   #3
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I heard if you get stud girdles you don't need to set valve lash, true?

not true --- a stud girdle is a support that ties all of your rockers together so the individual rocker studs don't shake from high rpm harmonics ( springs trying to slinky causes studs to snap off with out a girdle ) with a racing roller for the most part must be used - not a street thing - yea you could bolt it on but it wont do anything for you --

hyd lifters take up small changes that go on in the valve train from wear -

solids need to be re adjusted so as all the starting points for correct valve openings are the same as what the cam company ground the cam on - meaning the intake and or the exhaust track tuning will be out of sink and performance will be down if the adjustment is off -- race cars might adj valves before every race chevy street car with a small solid every few months depends -- jz
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Old 05-06-2007, 04:30 PM   #4
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the dirt car has a solid, flat tappet cam. we go over the valves every other week regardless of how many/few laps are run. the bigger teh cam, the faster it will beat the setting out of the rockers.
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Old 05-09-2007, 10:59 AM   #5
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It's also not hard, takes about 15 minutes once you get good at it. Which rockers and lifters do you have?
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Old 05-09-2007, 07:52 PM   #6
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I dont have my rocker arms picked yet, and I have crane lifters, Its not a big deal I wont be using a solid cam, I get some crazzy thoughts some times, but I have a plan now, sorry for wasting your time!

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