a hydraulic lifter may take up the extra .006" and more when engine is
running due to being pumped all the way up with oil, or perhaps, as
pointed out by boston bob, due to increased air pressure inside an air
bound lifter as the engine heats up.

for the .006" to be taken up using solid lifters, however, that means, as
the engine heats up, the crankcase, cylinder block and heads together
expand less than the push rods alone, which is very unlikely.

dan

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:19:07 -0500, Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
wrote:

>It is very easy to see that you've never heated a crank timing gear and
>dropped it onto a freshly turned crank.
>I'm outt'a this...............
>You guys pick your nits alone.
>
>Stan Wilder
>http://www.engineceramics.com/
>