[alfa] re: Valve Clearance Tolerance

["C.M. Bereznoff" <bereznov@xxxxxxx>]

For what its worth,
I dropped my S4 Spider clearance to 12 intake 14 exhaust.  I 
did this to eliminate the valve noise that just would not go 
away. It worked like a charm.  I noticed that the engines 
revs effortlesly from 37500 on up now and the power is far 
better in the upper revs.  Less power in the lower rpms, but 
not a problem.  After doing this I read a service bulletin 
that said the clearance should be 15 intake ( was 17 ) and 
17 exhaust, ( was 19 ).
I have drive about 3000 miles with the new ( 12 / 14 ) 
clearances and not one problem.  I read all of the archives 
regarding the valve/clearance issue and received emails from 
all over the world with opinions from, you'll burn it up, 
you'll throw a valve to " hey I run mine at 10 intake and 12 
exhaust without any issues.

Dr. Craig M. Bereznoff
Longmont, Colorado
1993 Spider 
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