Re: [FWDLK] Adjusting valves

[DOLORES ECKERSON <eddee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NICK

Its easy ,,and the settings are different for many different cams,,,set ups etc.

You can adj cold or hot--so lets do cold . its a lot easier.

Mark your damper  pulley at the 90,,,180,, and 270 degree settings. You can use a tape measure to basically mark the pulley every quarter of a rev.

Pull your valve covers and get the feeler gages you want along with the 7/16 wrench.

You are ready to rock!

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Choose a setting between .008 and .012 for the intakes-----.014 and .018 for the exhaust.

I use .010 and .014

rotate engine to TDC #1 fireing position  (the valve rockers for #1 will be LOOSE),,,

if tight you are at TDC #1 overlap position

Now use this formula to do the valves

At #1 TDC fireing pos

DO EXH FOR #8

DO INT FOR #2

Rotate 90 degrees

Do EXH FOR #4

DO INT FOR #1

ROTATE 90 deg

DO EXH FOR #3

DO INT FOR #8

ROTATE 90 deg

DO EXH FOR #6

DO INT FOR #4

ROTATE 90 deg (back to #1 TDC OVERLAP)

DO EXH FOR #5

DO INT FOR #3

ROTATE 90 DEG

DO EXH FOR #7

DO INT FOR #6

ROTATE 90 deg

DO EXH FOR #2

DO INT FOR #5

ROTATE LAST 90 DEG

DO EXH FOR #1

DO INT FOR #7

You may want to go arounf one more time to recheck yourself

ED ECKERSON

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Nick Sperduto wrote:

 Looking to adjust the valves on my 1956 277 poly  engine.

It's been years since I've adjusted valves on  anything and never on a mopar.

 

The book says .012 intake and .020 exhaust when the  engine is hot.

I just put the rockers on some new shafts. What  settings should I start at for a cold setting.

And anyone know the procedure.

When I did my last adjustment on a chevy engine. It  told me if intake on cyl 6 was closed, It told me which valves I could adjust at  the same time, so I didn't have to do them one at a time.

But I see no procedure in my shop manual for  this.

 

Can these be fine tuned adjutsed while it's  running? I've heard you back off the adjuster until it taps a bit and then 1/4  of a turn tighter and no need for a feeler guage.

 

Any suggestions or tricks for the cold or hot  setting.

 

Thanks,

Nick

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