I am curious has anybody used valve lash as a tuning parameter for ANY REASON? If so what did you use it for and what effects came of it?
Lol “hey, at least I'm not the old cranky guy”Yeah, so, I lashed my hydros at 1/2 turn from zero; the reason is so that if they would pump up at 7200, the valves can't hit the pistons.
So far so good, lol.
I know, not what you wanted to hear, and it sounded funnier in my head, but hey, at least I'm not the old cranky guy.
For a streeter it's kindof a non issue......
unless you have a slanty.
If you set them too tight. they idle like crap.
Too loose and the are stinking noisy.
I can't tell if they are 125 hp or 120, cuz I never run mine to 4500 anyway, so I set 'em a lil loose and let them clatter.
What? still off track? Sorry man it's two in the morning, lol.
Thanks and interesting. As you know, we don’t live in a perfect world.With solid lifters I have used valve lash to adj the torque curve. Tighter to kill some bottom end, and looser to gain bottom end torque. But it is better to get the correct cam.
He goes through that in the videos i posted....I fully realize that in an ideal situation the right and best way to set valve lash is to soec when everything else is ideal. BUT WHEN THINGS ARE NOT or WHAT A MINOR DEVIATION FROM CENTER ACTUALLY DOES to for example craning compression etc. Ie cause and effect.
I am curious what one can do with minor adjustments in lash on a solid lifter set up. I should have stated this earlier.