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Old 07-15-2008, 02:55 PM
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Default Valve lash setting on a unknown cam

Got a car that has a solid lift custom grind Nitrous cam,tried to find out what the valve lash was supposed to be but i have not had any luck with previous owner,so any suggestions on how i should set them?No cam card of course,on nitrous cams are the valve lash tighter?I know i can pull the cam,but dont really want to do that untill the winter.I did check them just to see kinda where they are now and they range from .002-.008-.010 and in between.
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Old 07-15-2008, 03:39 PM
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My nitrous cam is setup tighter lash on the exhast side they are.019ex, .030,int. I believe.David,
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Old 07-16-2008, 01:15 AM
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.002?
Wow that's WAYYYY to tight!
Loosen that puppy up!
I'd put them all on a even .022 cold just to be on the safe side but thats JMO and I'm sure someone will disagree> if you insist on having split lashes put the intake on .022 and the exhuast on .028.

Goodluck, Charles
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Old 07-16-2008, 03:17 PM
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Yep- I am w/ Cepx... I have talked about this some on this forum on a different thread... it was 3 or 4 pages long... but no one had anything like .19/.30... that's tighter than a Catholic girl on prom night!! Mine is .26/.26 on a BBC w/o nitrous... but I am certainly no expert on this.
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Old 07-16-2008, 03:41 PM
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Did you check them with the engine hot? Makes a difference. Cold the lash may be on the tight side.
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Old 07-17-2008, 06:24 PM
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some cams call fortighter lashes depending on the lift and duration. I always found .022-.024 a good starting point.
too loose may cause a problem,
my 2c
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Old 07-17-2008, 07:06 PM
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My Howards Cam is 25/25 I set them cold and forget about them.
I have not tried to find any power there...
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Old 07-17-2008, 07:59 PM
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I got a bullit that's .590/.595 lift and it calls for .026,.028 hot, i was told by bullit i could go as low as .018,.020 but not any lower. I spent close to $800.00 and went to a .626 roller and picked up a whole .005 in the 1/8, it wasn't my idea of fun.

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Old 07-18-2008, 09:36 AM
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thanks for all the help and info..
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