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Ok guys, just put together a 350 SBC for me and my dads truck. Everythings fine runs ok but the vavles need a little adjustment. Stock rockers from a 72' motor. How should I go about adjusting these. Hydrolic lifters. Will I need to pop the intake off and make a solid lifter like doing it on a 5.0 or my dad said something about gettin a scrap valve cover cutting it out where the nuts are for the rocker arms and adjust them while its running and listen. Doubt that will work but, just need a little guidence.
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88' GT - GT40P's, Comp 986 vavle springs, Comp xe276hr cam, Comp Magnum 1.7 roller rockers, Comp Pushrods, Edelbrock 289 Performer 4bbl intake, Holley 650, BBK Longtubes, BBK shorty o/r H-Pipe, Dumped flowmasters, Ford 9mm wires, Crane PS91 coil, MSD 6A, Ford Racing 4.10 gears, Ford Racing King Cobra clutch, Hurst shifter, Holley Blue Fuel pump, jegs 12 gallon pro-street fuel cell, Holley Regulator, blood sweat and tears
with the cam lobe in the closed position for each valve, tighten each rocker nut until there is no slop in the pushrod (you should be able to spin it freely but no up and down play) and then go about 1/2 a turn farther in. that sets the lifter preload. some people go 1/4 turn, some 3/4. going 1/2 always seems like a happy place.
and yeah people used to do it while they were running but its nowhere near as accurate and its messy as all hell.
with the cam lobe in the closed position for each valve, tighten each rocker nut until there is no slop in the pushrod (you should be able to spin it freely but no up and down play) and then go about 1/2 a turn farther in. that sets the lifter preload. some people go 1/4 turn, some 3/4. going 1/2 always seems like a happy place.
and yeah people used to do it while they were running but its nowhere near as accurate and its messy as all hell.
this yeess i agree good post.
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88' GT - GT40P's, Comp 986 vavle springs, Comp xe276hr cam, Comp Magnum 1.7 roller rockers, Comp Pushrods, Edelbrock 289 Performer 4bbl intake, Holley 650, BBK Longtubes, BBK shorty o/r H-Pipe, Dumped flowmasters, Ford 9mm wires, Crane PS91 coil, MSD 6A, Ford Racing 4.10 gears, Ford Racing King Cobra clutch, Hurst shifter, Holley Blue Fuel pump, jegs 12 gallon pro-street fuel cell, Holley Regulator, blood sweat and tears
got the intake and carb in a trade for my stock fuel injection stuff, so ur sayin ill be better off with the wieand or performer rpm, little more power or just better all around performance?
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F**K THAT FUEL INJECTION S**
88' GT - GT40P's, Comp 986 vavle springs, Comp xe276hr cam, Comp Magnum 1.7 roller rockers, Comp Pushrods, Edelbrock 289 Performer 4bbl intake, Holley 650, BBK Longtubes, BBK shorty o/r H-Pipe, Dumped flowmasters, Ford 9mm wires, Crane PS91 coil, MSD 6A, Ford Racing 4.10 gears, Ford Racing King Cobra clutch, Hurst shifter, Holley Blue Fuel pump, jegs 12 gallon pro-street fuel cell, Holley Regulator, blood sweat and tears
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