Cam Correct Valve lash tool

[hwoods]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyIz3U5yyzE

[hwoods]

anyone used one of these?

[BattlestarGalactic]

Neat, but for my junk I would not feel the need to buy such a tool to adjust the valves.   Couple feeler gauges and a wrench works well enough for me.

I could see a Super stock racers using such a tool to be very, very critical of something like that.  Me, not so much.

[Falcon67]

Or you can hunt down an old P&G Valve Gapper.  Nice tool there, likely easy enough to make.  But I'm lazy and have feeler gauges. 

[machoneman]

P&G gets my vote too. Old school but they do work well.

[cjshaker]

If you use the short method of adjusting valves, where you bounce from side to side doing the valves, you'd need two of them or it'd be a real pain. Not sure how well they'd work in a shock tower car either. There isn't much room between the outer valve cover rail and the tower. Might be worth it for an engine builder who's always working off of a stand.

[BattlestarGalactic]

Friend was adamant about doing the short method.  He had the sheet laminated and would fuss if he couldn't find it.   I think with all the jumping around and trying to keep track of where you were.............I could bump the starter and just work one side at a time just as quick.

When you only do it every few years.......I don't consider it a big deal if it takes me 20 minutes instead of 15?

[Falcon67]

One cylinder at a time - "EOIC"  Turn motor by hand - Exhaust opening, set intake.  Intake closing, set exhaust. 

[machoneman]

2X to that. We used to spend more time removing/re-installing the BBC valve covers on our old SS/B '69 Camaro (sorry) than actually setting the valves while using the EOIC method!

One cylinder at a time - "EOIC"  Turn motor by hand - Exhaust opening, set intake.  Intake closing, set exhaust.

[John67427]

 It's on sale for $248.00 - I did think about making something similar  just be that more accurate setting lash but as Larry said EOIC and go down one side then the other doesn't take that long and really dosen't change over the racing year ( unless something is going south) I back everything off at the end of the year so it would get used every Spring once a year.

[cammerfe]

My P&G was stolen, along with my toolbox many years ago. I had set-ups for both the FE and my 289 Mustang. I made a tool from a screwdriver for a handle and a socket welded top it to be able to fit everything together with the 289. Set 'em hot, running.

My Crew Chief, Tom Caimotto, still has the one he got for his '64 LW Galaxie.

KS

[Falcon67]

Yea, everybody used to do that "set running hot" thing.  Not anymore, set cold and walk away.  Material expansion rates are pretty much fixed, why make a mess.  Doesn't hurt to check final when hot, but I never get around to it.

[c6rod]

The old P&G valve gapper was bought out by Edelbrock. Same exact gapper as the "old ones" except they cost over $50 now. When I bought mine in 1962 it cost $9.95. I still have the original box and instruction sheet.