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Re: [T3] valve trainquestion and other stuff.....


On 6 Jan 2002, at 11:09, Keith Park wrote:

> You need stronger pushrods with the dual springs, but your arms
> and swivel adjusters should be fine.  Be sure you set up your valve
> geometry when your all done selecting the parts you want. 

Valve stem and rocker geometry is critical to valve stem wear and 
durabiltiy. Unfortunately I have never found a good explanation of it 
anywhere. Both Berg and Fisher make the attempt and fail 
miserably. I scratched my head over this for years before I figured 
out what they were TRYING to say.

It is the question of where the rocker axis should be with respect to 
the valve stem tip when the valve is closed. With standard valves, 
lift, and springs the axis should be about .020" above the intake 
tips.

It's a complicated problem and calculation, and I haven't done it for 
setups other than stock. I should write a MathCAD program to do 
this for arbitrary setups....

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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