Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
yes but how hard is it to check the pcv ? they do not allway s rattle . sounds like you have some lifters with to much pre load haging some valves open
Pat - with these you take them down finger tight and just so that the tip roller contacts the valve stem and the pushrod is seated. You turn the bolt between 1/4 & 1 turn to reach the correct torque setting. This will give you the correct lifter
preload of .020" to .060". I'm between 1/3 of a turn and a little bit more and at 20 lb ft torque. And like I said a couple posts back, did a rough check and am at about .030 preload. This preload was done with the roller lifters at camshaft base circle - that is with both valve closed.

Thinking back, the carb has been "wrong" since I had a couple of major backfires (dist. was in 180 off - my dumb aw s**t) and it also started running poorly. Almost makes me wonder if something internally is cracked/broken, tho I had it apart, but only did a quick wipe down and float level check.

Tomorrow is another day