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Old 05-19-2003, 11:36 AM
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i just did a valve adjustment and my car still sounds like a diesel.

stock sohc is like .18 -.22 intake and .23 - .27 exhaust.

is that correct. this head has been built up, port/pollish vavle job. things like that.

does this make a differance.

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Old 05-20-2003, 08:22 AM
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go tighter, i highly recommend it. Check out d-series.org and look up valve clearance.
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.07 on intake and and .06" on exh or opposite
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Default Re: d16y8 valve clearance (JDMCRX)

I have my d16y5 around .009 / .011
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too loose.
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haha...way too loose bruh
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Default Re: d16y8 valve clearance (RyanCivic2000)

so why does the book say .18 - .22

damn honda manual..

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Default Re: d16y8 valve clearance (platinum00)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by platinum00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so why does the book say .18 - .22

damn honda manual..

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mm maybe

look under your hood...it gives the specs in thousandths of an inch
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Default Re: d16y8 valve clearance (Emerika)

well if im using a feeler gauge i think that is in mm . so i should be good.

i would need to check on that.

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