Valve Lash for solid lifters

[Sodaholic]

Allright, so about a two weeks ago i was fixing an oil leak on my engine and decided to pop the valve covers off and mess with the valves to get rid of the awful clicking that had been going on the past 5-6 months.. I have adjusted the valves about 11 times and the car just wont run.. most of the times i tryed i used the method for hydrolic lifters and had no compression.. so i started adjusting them looser and teh car would fire and run really badly but only with my foot mildly on the gas.

So i was sitting, frustrated and thinking about it.. and i had hear about solid lifters and realized that that is is probably why the other methods dont work. so i started reading on solid lifters and i cant seem to find a lash for them, every thing i read on adjusting them only says to set the lash, but i dont know where to find that info..

the engine in the car right now is a 68 302 that was built in the early 90's by a guy that ended up killing himself and his wife sold the drive train to my uncle. So i dont know anything about it. Just that it has a mild cam.

So if anyone can give me a number they are pretty sure about or a site that can give me the info i need it would be great. I havent driven my car in 2 weeks and im starting to get the itch.

 

[silverbluebp]

My info is on my cam card. I have no idea if it's normal, more or less. Hopefully someone else will chime in! I have solid lifters.

Intake: .018" cold, .016" hot

Exhaust: .020" cold, .018" hot

 

[dennis112]

To get the lash right, you really need to know something about which solid cam you might have.

I have a Comp Cam solid lifter in my Stang and the card calls for .022 hot lash on both the intake and exhaust. You can vary that some and I prefer mine at .019 hot. The lifters are quiet.

There are such things as tight lash cams which might be in the order of .010 hot. There are also some cams that are recommended to run as much as .030 hot, but I would think that they would always be noisy.

 

[D.Hearne]

Set em both at .020 cold. You need to do each when the lifters are on the base circle of the cam. A good way to do each is at TDC on the firing stroke. Do each in turn of the firing order, rotating the crank 1/4 turn each time. 2 full turns of the crank is one complete cycle of the firing order.

 

[FullRace]

It depends, one of my 302s ran .030 and some have ran .020. Exhuast is a bit looser.

 

[Sodaholic]

Allright, i tryed, 20-I and 22-E and it still wont stay on but it doesnt need me to press the peddal down as much to keep it running, and it sounds a little better than just making sure they all wiggle.. haha.. ill probably try 26I 28E when i have time during the light hours again.. im dieing to drive my car again, haha..

Ohh and i guess i have a slightly mild cam does that make a diffirance for guage or does that all just depend on something else?