I put a cam in my Ford 30 yrs ago. When I rebuilt it I spoke to the cam
manufacturer. The original caqm card said .014 lash. The manufacturer
said to change to .018. It apparently makes little or no difference in
the compresion. It does change the torque curve.
> What??? And make sure the valves are opening at the right time?
>
> Good point, but I think that if the valve lash was set to .012 instead of
> .010 it would have a negligible effect on the compression results. But a
>-.005
> lash certainly would.
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