<VV> valve adjustment

[mark@noakes.com]

Sounds like "cold adjust" with later "hot tweak" as needed...that's the kind of thing
that causes arguments 40 years later...

Good info; thank you.

Mark Noakes

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:50:36 +0000, kaczmarek@charter.net wrote:

> 
> Good morning All
> 
> I have been reading the ongoing thread on valve adjustment.
> 
> Bill makes some valid arguments regarding the cold method. 
> 
> But I would like to deepen the controversy further. 
> 
> Obviously from the thread on spare engines, Chevy made a BUNCH of Corvair engines. Most
> of you know I lived about 1000 feet from the back of the Engine Complex growing up.
Some
> of the guys who worked the Corvair line still live in my neighborhood, AND EVEN THEY
> disagree about how the valves were adjusted on the line. 
> 
> remember that the engines were "hot tested" with Propane gas on the stand before they
> were shipped. They didn't have the exhaust logs on them at that time. I remember going
> through the annual public tour of the complex and seeing the testing. At that point
> there HAD to be oil in the motors or they would be running them dry---
> 
> Yet there are guys who say they were hot adjusted at the factory.  IFO can't see how,
> but I didn't work there then. 
> 
> At the end of the day, there are proponents of both methods, for various reasons.  Work
> with what fits best with you and I would believe you will sleep well at night.
> 
> HANK
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