Hoped to have valve clearance set today but I ran into an issue on the
intake side. My new intake valves are .020” longer that the ones they replaced.
This means I would have to use shims at the low end of the commonly available
range (.060”) which would make future adjustments difficult. The shims previously installed were in the
.080 - .082” range confirming the length issue. I removed one new valve and compared the length
to 2 different sets of used valves. I used some .045” washers as shims to determine where I am at…..
New valves 3.917”
Removed valves 2.897”
Other used set 3.902”
This kind of stuff eats the time!
