
"Cold" Adjustment Procedure for the 30-30 Cam
You can adjust two valves at each 90-degree rotation point, starting at cylinder #1 TDC and turning the crank 90 degrees at a time, seven times (first measure and mark your balancer at 90-degree intervals from TDC). Removing the plugs simplifies rotating the crank, but you were going to change them anyway, right?
Table 1: Cold Adjustment Procedure for 30-30 Cam
Step Rotate Adjust exhaust Adjust intake
Number Crank to 0.026-inch to 0.026-inch
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1 Rotate cylinder #1 to TDC
2 --- cylinder #8 cylinder #2
3 90 degrees cylinder #4 cylinder #1
4 180 degrees cylinder #3 cylinder #8
5 270 degrees cylinder #6 cylinder #4
6 0 degrees cylinder #5 cylinder #3
7 90 degrees cylinder #7 cylinder #6
8 180 degrees cylinder #2 cylinder #5
9 270 degrees cylinder #1 cylinder #7
<font color="blue">There ya go. </font>