Originally Posted by Beater of the Pack
Dopey me! I always thought the lash got smaller as parts expanded when they heated up.

Yeah me too - but this real world test suggests that the opposite is true:



I mean they actually do expand, but - because of the sheer mass and dimensions of the head and the block, they expand much more than the valve train. If you have a aluminum block/head it expands even more.

Frank

Last edited by FishFry; 12/04/22 03:10 PM.