Hey guy I'm looking for some help and was told this was the place to go. I have a 95 lt1 that needs valve adjustment, first question is can I do just one or do I have to do them all? And how do I go about finding the clearance being it's been cammed, bored , and new scorpion rockers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Are you familiar with the EOIC method?

1.) Disconnect coil packs and pull fuse to fuel pump or pull fuel pump relay
2.) Remove valve cover
3.) Pick a cylinder and identify the exhaust valve
4) With a remote starter switch or someone bumping the key over watch until the exhaust valve begins to open and stop
5.) Loosen the Intake rocker arm and with your fingers spin the pushrod while starting to tighten and once you start to feel resistance tighten an additional 1/4 turn and lock it.
6.) Turn the engine over until you see the intake valve you just adjusted open the valve and then as it starts to close you stop!
7.) Loosen the exhaust rocker arm and with your fingers spin the pushrod while starting to tighten and once you start to feel resistance tighten an additional 1/4 turn and lock it.
8.) Move to next cylinder and repeat steps 4-7

Good luck!

 

Ok I will try that. But do I have to do them all.

 

If you know what lifter is causing the source of the ticking then no but it doesn't hurt to go through and check them all. I've also done it with the engine running you just back a rocker off until you hear it ticking and then tighten until it stops and go an additional 1/4 turn. It gets a little messy with all the oil getting on the manifolds and all over the place.

 

Ok thanks brother

 

Well it turns out that my exhaust manifold gasket was blown out got it replaced today but the car is still sputtering under load and feels like it's a normal v8 instead of the 500hp monster it was when I bought. I'm at a loss with this thing and have co clue what to do next.

 

What all have you done to it and have you ran any tests to diagnose what the problem is?

 

I had the ac replaced, replaced exhaust manifold gasket, oil change and oil changed in supercharger. Put new tires on it. I did get caught in some really heavy rain 5 days ago and two days after that the car when to ****. Gasket blew out 2 days after the rain ,unfortunately here were I live no shop in a 100 mile radius willing to work on the car so I'm on my own.

 

I can tell you that the car runs fine while cold but will stumble when I accelerate and then it will push through but its get worse the hotter it gets.

 

Just do them all. This is a solid roller/hyd. Tutorial:

There are other ways you can do so found on www.shbox.com under the ‘how to’ section.

 

It's not valves exhaust manifold gasket blew out. Now I'm dealing with car stumbles during acceleration.

 

Check plug wires. Ensure none are burnt. You can also start the engine when it’s dark, give a few blips of the throttle to see if there are any sparking wires.

 

What about opti spark