Best place to measure valve clearance?

[Mkol]

Is it better to measure VC between the cam lobe and follower or between the top of valve stem and follower?

[rev-erend]

Always stem and follower.

[markymarkthree]

rev-erend said:

Always stem and follower.

Not correct, on a Pinto you check between cam lobe and follower.

[Spitfire2]

markymarkthree said:

Not correct, on a Pinto you check between cam lobe and follower.

Glad you said that. Was doubting how I've been doing it on my Capri for years.

[andybracing]

normaly it will between the valve and follower, but there are exeptions, like pintos, but you cant very well measuese between cam and follower on a v engine, follow what the maker recomends, as the gap will be different for either

[DVandrews]

On OHV maybe between stem and follower; on most OHC/DOHC engines between cam lobe and follower, most OHC designs will only allow that sort of check as the bucket completely encloses the valve stem.

Dave