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- From: bryan@elara.mitre.org (Bryan Blackwell)
- Subject: Re: Hydraulic Valve Adjuster, What Are?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.172532.19577@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:25:32 GMT
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- >What makes them silent? Whats wrong with silence?
-
- Nothing, really. some people like to hear the valve noise, much
- like some people like the sound of an open exhaust.
-
- >Do hydraulic valve adjusters provide any other function? I have heard of
- hydraulic lifters in OHV engines that allow the engine to use a hotter cam
- but still maintain decent low rpm drive-ability.
-
- The lifters you are referring to are made by Rhoads and Crane, Basically,
- they are lifters (sorry, HVA's) that have a high bleed rate at low RPM's.
- This reduces the effective duration of the cam, which improves the idle.
- I've talked to several people who really like them.
-
- >Are hydraulic valve adjusters the same as hydraulic lash adjuster?
-
- Yup.
-
- >Lastly, what alternatives are there to hydraulic valve adjusters?
-
- Well, most OHC engines use mechanical followers or tappets (more
- names for the thingies which ride on the valve). This is what
- makes the distinctive clicking noise of these engines. There are
- other types of valving systems (sleeve, rotary, desmodromic), but
- these can't be easily adapted to an existing system.
-
- BTW, I don't really understand the desmodromic system. Anyone
- care to explain?
-