i decided to do a valve lash adjustment this past weekend. to make a long story short, my car used to vibrate madly while accelerating, and after i did the valve lash its 90% better. a few were within spec, but i did all of them to tighter clearances to be safe. could the adjustment have made this much of a differance or could i have inadvertantly fixed the prob. some other way?:dunno: thanks.

 

Having your valves out of spec can definitely affect your engine's performance. The timing at which air/fuel are injected, combustion occurs, and exhaust fumes are sucked out can definitely perform lackluster when your valves are not operating at spec settings.

 

boy it sure did make a differance. now i need to work on the suspension and i will be a happy camper!:naughty: :driving:

 

I hope you did your valve job when the head was cold. Or else heat expension will own your valvetrain.

 

yup, sat all night and was never started. ive done a few before, but on f22 sohc motors. and might i say, after doing those the dohc was a breeze.:bowdown:

 

Ah, good times then.