Just curious, did a search and came back with nothing. Does the b18c5 require more frequent adjustments? Then say a b16?

 

Not more frequent, but I adjust them after ever 2 oil changes... that's just me though...

 

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So mileage wise what would you say?

 

Every 6000-7000 miles...

 

I've never done it... Might be something I might want to do.

 

I know I don't need to do it that often, but it's w/e...

 

Haha.

I wonder if I should get it done?

 

Won't hurt.

I would, lol...

 

Street car probably 10-15k

Track ***** just about every time I take it out for a weekend.

 

Mines like, half and half of your two Rs, and what I do is pretty much right in the middle of how often you do both of yours, cool.

 

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Yes sir... Only reason I do the track car so much is it's really never below 4k and see's 9100...

Mah other car, since it's still "hurt" will be fine at the current intervals. After the rebuild shortly, it will be back down to 2 oil changes. (same with tire rotations)

 

I check mine ever 15-30k or so, they've only been out of adjustment twice, once when brand new and once at about 65k.

 

I've driven my '97 60,000 miles and have done three adjustments. The last two were the least necessary. I must be getting better at these.

BTW, the Snap-On tool rules and I've found the Craftsman fold-out feeler gauge kit works best because if you bend or damage one of the leaves, they'll replace it. Karma will probably catch up with you for tool neglect though.

 

Every couple track days for track car

15k for street car

 

I've only done it twice in 80,000 miles. Last time I did it was when I rebuild the motor about 6k ago.

Ideally it should be checked like every 10k or so. Once you get good at it you can be done in 20 mins.

 

I do mine every other oil change.

 

Wow, you guys do it way more often than you need to. Do you actually find them out of adjustment when you do it that often? (I doubt it.) It doesn't hurt anything to check them more often, but jeez, it's a lot of unnecessary time and/or money.

FWIW, the service manual has the same recommendation for the Type R as other Integras: every 30K miles or 2 years, whichever comes first. (I think valve adjustments are dependent primarily on mileage and not time, so I wouldn't worry too much about the "2 years" part.)

 

Very true, the B18C5s//C6s//JDM R motors generally have a louder valve train, I know it's normal, I pretty much do it just for the hell of it, even though I know it's not needed that frequently, it just eases my mind... If and when I do find them out of adjustment it's very very very little...

 

I'd say unless you track it, every 25-30k should be safe. Like Jun said, the R is pretty loud to begin with.

 

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That's what I was wondering. It's not really a costly thing because you can take reuse the valve cover gasket and washers twice after removal.

 

Most times it's close...

I do mine so frequest because I don't want to burn a valve due to the exhaust side becoming tighter than spec.

 

True, but I stockpile quite a few certain parts, as well as a lot of bolts/nuts/screws/washers so I'm not too worried about it...

 

Mine is usually out of spec. But I give my car a lot of hell. I also don't like the noise, and SOHCs are loud. Cost me nothing, and only takes about 45 minutes.

 

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That's what I was wondering. It's not really a costly thing because you can take reuse the valve cover gasket and washers twice after removal. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd say more than twice I have at least 6 or 7 removal/reinstalls of the VC and have yet to replace any of the gaskets, and none are leaking so far.

 

I got 3 years out of mine with no leaks. Don't know how old it was when I got the car.