blkmjk

on vtecs the feeler gauge should be 6-7 thousants on intake and 7-8 thousants exhaust or vice versa i cnat remember but it is easy to adjust a pass through ratchet set is a beauitiful tool when doing this tedious job. and i didnt tighten to tq specs i just hand tightened them works good .

blkmjk

sorry for the sentence frags im still hung over.

TPJ

or just buy the snap on tool

crxnfx

how's it run? I mean if your nervous about it I would redo it. Just to be on the safe side. Don't want to run the risk of breaking a cam lobe.

Seye

its runing fine....just some ticking and thats it, it idels a 700 rpm. everything feels smooth when im driving.

keyd

Try to locate where in the engine the ticking is coming from.

I'm not familiar with your specific engine & types of valves but what kind of head work was done? Did the deck height change at all? Did the spring/retainers/guides get changed? Did the heads get torqued down correctly. Does the ticking change when the car heats up?

Possibilities that I can think of:

-Excessive rockerarm sideplay - check all washers/springs/shims on the rockershafts.

-It's possible that the valve could be colliding with a piston (valve seat sinking into the head). You could check for marks on the piston.

-A pushrod hitting the pushrod tube

-rod bearings

-exhaust leak

-valve guide clearance

-snapped wrist pin clip

-Can try doing a compression check or leak down.

I wouldn't just let it go. If you've had recent head work and now things are ticking, something may not be right.

MIKE_MYERS

well my car was doing the same thing i got a valve adj and then 2 weeks later it threw a rod..it was on a d16z6..man that shit sucked..

crxnfx

so just stick your head right in, noise around right?



this is really going to piss you off but um, we don't have pushrods....

crxnfx

damn dude, who the fuck did your work for you?

MIKE_MYERS

listen to where the ticking is coming from..