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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 05:15 PM
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does anyone know the correct valve settings?? in the chilton book it says .008/.010 but on my hood it says .020/.020 95 del sol Si sohc vtec d16z6 THANKS!!!!!!
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eeyore357 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does anyone know the correct valve settings?? in the chilton book it says .008/.010 but on my hood it says .020/.020 95 del sol Si sohc vtec d16z6 THANKS!!!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Your hood sticker is in metric. Set it to .008" intake, .010" exhaust.
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eeyore357 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does anyone know the correct valve settings?? in the chilton book it says .008/.010 but on my hood it says .020/.020 95 del sol Si sohc vtec d16z6 THANKS!!!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

.008 and .010 are standard in thousandths of an inch
.020 should be metric hundredths of a millimeter
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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thanks. Now, another stupid question... On a new valve cover gasket do you put oil on it???
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 06:20 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eeyore357 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks. Now, another stupid question... On a new valve cover gasket do you put oil on it???</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope dry. just some hondabond where there are any corners.
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