Originally posted by erik erikson
If the piston is at TDC and the valve is at max. lift and I open it another .060 or .080 and it does not touch the piston why would'nt I know where the valve is at?Anyone else want to try exlaining this to Mike here?Dave,Pat,Denny anyone?I give up.
Me too, I usually like to stay at about .100 on valve to piston clearance, figure it gives me about a .020 safety cusion. I use the light springs and dial indicator method to check clearance, that along with one eye on the degree wheel, no need to double check with clay....I wasn't aware they made plasti-gage in .060 to .100 thickness ranges, never seen it at much more then .006 or so. Don't know for sure, been years since I've used it.

Erik if these guys agreed you were right they would never say so. For whatever reason they don't like you, or me either I suppose, and I would imagine they will do their best to torpedo every post you put on here.

As I said on the last pi**ing contest, how about we just forget the personality and ego crap and just share information that makes us all better hot rodders........