Originally Posted by lingerbw
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Anyway, I got it timed, and the valves (I had assumed the machine shop put the head back together to spec... not so.). It's running much smoother now, but I am still having a fairly loud ticking coming from the valve train. Now that all the valve clearances are adjusted to Honda specs, I am really at a loss as far as what I should check next. I should tell you that I retorqued all the cam holder bolts just as a precaution.
BTW, timing was easy :thumbup:
First I will say, I'm not very well up on the details of getting your engine properly tuned to run at maximum efficiency, but one thing does jump out at me.
You say you adjusted the valve clearances to Honda spec, but did you take into consideration that you're running higher-compression pistons than OEM and as such, your valve clearances may need to change?