Adjusted lifters using the method outlined in Jim Hand's book How to build max performance pontiac v8's. Started with the motor at #1 TDC and adjusted #2 intake and #8 exhaust. I followed the order in the book every 90 degrees of crank rotation until they were all done. It called for zero lash and then a 1/4 turn which is what I used. That all went smooth. I did all of this without the plate in place..
When I went back to double check them all, I spun the push rods in the same order I set the valves so that the lifter was sitting on the base circle and the lifter would actually spin on the base circle as I spun the push rod.
Can anyone please confirm that the oil hole in the lifter does not have to be directly in line with the oil hole in the block, that it is okay if it is 180 degrees away???
I'm working on the plate now. I started with the adjustment nuts all the way down. This was too tight as the lifters would not clear. I have been working it up slowly checking with a feeler gauge as I went. I marked the clearance on the plate with a sharpie as I went.
I got them all where I wanted them and then torqued down the locking nuts and it changed the clearances. I reset them all again making sure the lock nuts were in place as I set them the second go around.
The number 3 exhaust lifter has proven to be the limiting factor. With it at .002 clearance all the others are .006 to .008 with a few on the ends at .012. The .012 is a little bigger than I would like but if I tighten up those clearances, the #3 exhaust lifter does not clear.
Be glad to hear the results of others. When I turn the crank by hand, everything looks good in the valley pan.
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