Suntzuzuki Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 What should be the proper I & E valve lash on an L16? I found a youtube vid that was .008 on the intake and .010 on the exhaust. Is this what you guys tune to? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 you tube is your friend 1 Quote Link to comment
laotsu Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 hot or cold? Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 That is the hot measurement. .010, and .012 is the cold measurement. Set them cold, get the engine good and warm, check again. In an ideal world, the measurement hot will be within specs. You notice the hot clearance is smaller? If the valves are too tight, when really hot, the clearance goes to zero, and because the valve train is all mechanical, that means a valve is held open, and that will burn that valve. As you run the engine, the valve clearance very slowly decreases. That is why you have to check them. Quote Link to comment
Suntzuzuki Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Damn, Daniel, thank you so much. I had set the lash to .008 and .010 cold and noticed it was better but not much. Hopefully this will improve the performance even more. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 If you check the valve lash often, you can get away with .008, and .010 hot. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 If it happened to be my vid, those were the cold settings. I prefer to set them cold because there's very little change in temp while adjusting cold. You can check them hot to verify they're right, but the temp changes can be drastic if you have to adjust each one. The slower you go, the more the temp changes. I set everything cold....I can take my time, it's more comfortable. If I'm worried about it, I'll verify them hot. Just my 2 cents :) 1 Quote Link to comment
laotsu Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 the Mikes have spoken! Let this thread be locked. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Mike's a big guy but I wouldn't call him Mikes yet..... Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Mike's a big guy but I wouldn't call him Mikes yet..... I signed in just to say....... LOL!!!!!! ......and FU!!!! :) lol!!!!! Quote Link to comment
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