lol, no they didn't. the op is the only one that said it would not determine his problem and he was wrong.
most people used to say the worlk was flat too, but only a few said ot was round.
just because others say someone is wring, it doesn't make it so.
you are simply showing you inexperience. i suggest you at least take a basic auto shop class.
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I don't think you understand - If I went and put back the lifters 'the same as they were' like you suggested in your brilliant test, then yeah, I'd be going back to how they were that morning, when it ran fine, and revved. I already knew there was a problem with something I did, that's why I posted this, that's why in the thread title it says "After switching back to 1.6 rockers". What would be the point of that ??
I wanted to find out specifically what the cause could be - could it be a preload issue (which I already suspected), or could it be that I messed up a vacuum tube ? Or some 'trick' that I missed when setting up stamped rockers. Or just that the computer needs to learn the new flow characteristics with the 1.6 ( I know, far fetched)? Fact is, sure I could have put everything back to the way it was, when I knew it ran fine, that
is obvious, goes without saying, and completely defeats the purpose of this thread. Like if I do that, for whatever reason, and now it works fine... OK ?? I already knew it would, but the whole point is I wanted to try something different, put some 1.6 rockers on, see how it affects the sound and the power. But I knew something wasn't right. That's why I posted here, not to get some obvious off-the-shelf answer. I knew I'd be going opening up the valve covers again, and I wanted to have ideas what to look for, to make sure I get it right, and not have to do it 2 more times, like you suggested. I wasn't wrong, I think you just completely missed the point.