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Old 03-11-2004, 11:52 AM
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What's the procedure for checking piston to valve clearance?

Anyone got some some good instructions..

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Old 03-11-2004, 10:17 PM
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http://www.centuryperformance.com/piston2valve.asp

Everything you could ever wanna know about it!
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Nice write up.

Anyone know how to check it without removing the heads?

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I know there is a tool that can be used that you drop down in there and it measures then you subtract the thickness of the gasket and blah blah.

i forget the details of how it works exactly.
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