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08-05-12, 07:28 PM
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Valve Clearances Good at 44000 Miles
Checked my valve clearances today on my 2001 curvey at 44000 miles and they were all easily within limits. I ran over the service interval a little to around 17000 miles for the first check; they were all within limits but as I was doing a pointy cam swap I teaked them to the middle of the limits. At about 30000 miles I checked one cylinder only and found it to be very much as it was when I'd done the cam swap - being lazy I didn't check the other! I'm not really suprised they are still spot on but as I had some pointy cam chain tensioners to fit I thought it would be silly not to check, but I'm not sure I'd be in a hurry to check when it reaches 60000miles!
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08-05-12, 09:43 PM
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Re: Valve Clearances Good at 44000 Miles
I did mine 10k after fitting JHS cams and found 7 needed adjustment!
Then again I did have a habit of doing an entire tank of fuel at a time above 9500rpm on the motorway...
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09-05-12, 07:36 AM
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09-05-12, 07:57 AM
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 And it did get regular oil changes...And anyway that engine has now got somewhere near 105,000 on it so I reckon I must have done something right. Only rev to the max on track days? That mean you don't even use the rev limiter as a redneck quickshift? 
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09-05-12, 11:48 AM
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09-05-12, 03:06 PM
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Re: Valve Clearances Good at 44000 Miles
here was me thinking the limiter was a shift indicator.
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09-05-12, 07:05 PM
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 That explains why we can hear you pull away
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10-05-12, 06:45 PM
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Re: Valve Clearances Good at 44000 Miles
I think all you rev hungry monsters should have bought IL4's!!!!!!!!!!
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