Re: 1937 282 exhaust and intake

Posted by su8overdrive On 2022/12/1 21:57:18

Groucho,

Remember, a wise auld mechanic's move was to set your valves a trace loose, .007/.009 intake, .010/.012 exhaust using a go/no go gauge. Going strictly by the book swell when there was a Packard dealer service department in every good-sized town, or general garages staffed by fellows who adjusted dead lifters day in, day out, and Packard sold silence.

But a trace of valve sound preferable to a burnt valve.

This done on my '40 120 and that car danced.

-- George Fenneman