Hey Guys, so I have been playing around with my 318 Poly getting the carb and all that tuned and such, however I have also been.playing around with my valvetrain. So a little info on that the engine has a 264 .450 solid lifter cam, heads are milled to achieve 10:1 compression, I reused the original pushrods, rocker arms, rocker shaft and springs. The cam card from the manufacturer list the lash cold at .015 for exhaust and intake. I had them adjusted at .018 cold and she didn't seem to mind it but definitely a little loud, idled nice in drive and reverse. When I shrunk the lash down it seems to like it a lot more when driving. In idle whether in reverse or drive and the engine isn't quite up to temp if I even tap the gas she will quit or wants to, this isn't a problem when warm however. I'm wondering if I should split the baby and run at .016 cold lash....last thing I want is to hang a valve open and burn it. Also is there any other way to tell if your lash is too tight or loose?
P.S Also the method I used was EOIC method of the lash adjustment
P.S Also the method I used was EOIC method of the lash adjustment
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