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Enrique,

First Steve is correct, valves should be adjusted with the engine cold (sitting at least 4 hours). If hot, the metal is going to expand, causing the measurements to be smaller (i.e. a .10 gap cold becomes a .08 gap warm).

Now if your trying to say that the valves were hot, you need to recheck. Since the gaps are bigger, the valve would not open fully. This would cause less air to get in, less exhaust out, but complete cooling of the valves. If the gaps are too small, thats when you get valves that are stuck open and burn up.

I can't tell you where to adjust them at, but I don't see why the cam manufactuer would change the stock position.

Measure them cold, anyone telling you to do it with the engine hot is wrong. I just hate to think of burning yourself on the exhaust.
Old 09-20-2000, 10:48 AM
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