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Re: [T3] valve adjustment


I've never really understood this either. The Elfrink Type 3 Technical
Manual says the change from long to short rocker studs (September 64)
resulted in an increase in valve clearance with warmup rather than a
decrease, but why?

Scott
62 343 (.008/.008), 65 361 (.004/.004)


Jim Adney wrote:

>I've never been able to understand the changes here, other than
>the late change from .004 to .006". I think this change happened when
the
>heads changed from the "long stud" heads to the "short stud" heads, but
I've
>never been able to understand what that had to do with the valve
adjustment,
>because the rocker stands are still in contact with the same pedestal
in the
>head.

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