Valve setting for 1776 engine?

What type of pushrods?

If aluminum, set lash to .006". If steel, set (cold) lash to "loose zero".

Max

.006"

...................You really should buy a shop manual. Haynes is a good source for the basic stuff. If you're not sure of a local source, go to amazon.com. The Bentley would be even better but costs more.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:02:06 GMT, Mike Elliott ran around screaming and yelling:

do yo uhave steel, chromoly steel, stock alluminum, or heavy duty alluminum p-rods? J

I have a receipt from the former owner that says, "1776 longblock w/new case r(something) heads angle (?) 100 (?) w/ alum gear" $950

That's probably not enough to go on, I betcha.

Mike "Now What Does This Part Do?" Elliott

You betcha.

(fwiw, my valvelash is set at zero (0), but it's a strange engine.)

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:58:17 GMT, Mike Elliott ran around screaming and yelling:

when you go to adjust the valves, put a magnet to the p-rods..if it sticks they are obviously not alluminum...if they are steel or chromoly adjust pretty tight....i use "loose zero" with my chromoly p-rods...meaning I adjust out all the freeplay, but can still spin the p-rods with my fingers...if yours are alluminum then go with teh standard .006....if they are steel maybe start out at .002 just to be safe...im not sure if the steel and chromoly steel have the same expansion rates, so i can't really comment on exacts for regular steel p-rods... J

Probably not a "1776 longblock w/new case r(something) heads angle (?)

Mike "Feels More Like Stirring Soup Than Shifting" Elliott

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 04:04:58 GMT, Mike Elliott ran around screaming and yelling:

nah..John has a "RAT" built 2165cc with all the goodies including "nickies".... J

Why the different settings for different materials?

Different materials expand differently. A material that expands more when heat is applied requires a bigger setting. With a less expanding material, you can keep the gap tighter.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:56:07 -0400, "Karls Vladimir Peña" ran around screaming and yelling:

yeah...what he said...LOL J