Would I be correct in assuming that the best valve clearance setting for a CDI motor with heads, carb and exhaust be .005?

Thanks.

.004-.006 is the Range. .005 is the happy medium..
From what I recall .004 is for a tad more speed, .006 is for more Tq.

hmmmm..... I do like me some torque. lol

Stumpy help me set mine and gapped them at .005. He said thats what he ran. after 95 hours of never being adjusted they were at .007 It used to blow black smoke on startups. since we adjusted them no more smoke.

Thats probably why my old motor ran like shit at 200 hrs. lol


What would yall say should be a maximum amount of hours to run a modded motor in between checking valve clearance levels?

I set mine at .005. Runs great. It's at the shop getting some mods done to it right now. I'll do what Unles J said and check them 15 hrs or so, then let her run!

not to hijack your thread but how do you check valve clearance/adjust valves? Is this something I should take to a mechanic? I have very basic knowledge of this stuff

Its not a big deal to check them. Takes all of about 20-30 minutes to do after a couple times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGkn0jR9RJM

Tight on 5!


That is all..................!

I think that is Giga's brother...............

I kinda tuned that guy out and started listening to the Johnny Cash.

veeeeee twein

That's a pretty nice video I'm doing my heads right know and I'm waiting for them to come in and I was nervious about doing the valves until I watched that video

Thanks for posting that up man

Thanks DB. Got them adjusted, not difficult at all.