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Old June 9th 06, 02:16 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
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"Joey Tribiani" > wrote in message news:...
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> "Mike West" > wrote in message
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>>I have a 66 bug with a 1776 cc engine. I know it has some sort of reground
>> cam, bigger jugs and pistons and headers. What I don't know is what gap
>> to
>> set my valves at. Any suggestions?
>> Thanks, Mike
>>
>>

>
> if you have alluminum pushrods stick to the stock 0.06....if you have
> steel/chromoly pushrods(common in "highperformance" engines) i adjust mine
> to a "loose zero"...that is, remove all the lash, but loose enough to
> still spin the pushrod with your fingers....
>


eeeeeekkkkkk...... that should read .006"..... fingers are not as fast as my
brain...or out of time...hehe..


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