Distributor Critical Lengths on an 80's V8

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  1. greasemonkey

    greasemonkey Burnin corn

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    Your main and rods clearance should be between. .0016-.003
     
    greasemonkey, Jan 19, 2016
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  2. Krazy Comet

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    That sounds like the undersize of crank, clearance is the amount of distance between the bearing and crank journal... As already pointed out rods and mains are just a fraction of that...
     
    Krazy Comet, Jan 19, 2016
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  3. Mr Nick

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    My apologies, I didn't understand where y'all were getting measurements from so I'm gonna say it's stock and move on :tiphat:
     
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