jim beam wrote:

> Tegger wrote:
>
>> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in news:dbKdndIaoY-
>> p9EvYnZ2dnUVZ_t_inZ2d@speakeasy.net:
>>
>>> Tegger wrote:
>>>
>>>> solocrx <solocrx.2m4cl5@no-mx.nodomain.com> wrote in
>>>> news:solocrx.2m4cl5
>>>> @no-mx.nodomain.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Can you help me out and tell me what the valve settings are or
>>>>> tell me
>>>>> where i might find them for a jdm ZC 1.5 thank you very much
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Intake: 0.005"-0.007"
>>>> Exhaust 0.006"-0.008"
>>>>
>>>> Checked and adjusted dead-COLD.
>>>>
>>> what's that in [honda] metric?
>>>
>>
>>
>> What? I put an "inches" symbol in there, so...
>
>
> i don't have feeler gauges for 0.127mm or 0.1778mm. my point is,
> original spec is metric, so for anyone that has metric gauges [ME!!!],
> they can be anal and set without fractional b.s.
>



But, but, but... .005-.007 would be decimal..

JT


>> Honda-metric is verbal, not numerical. Such as:
>> "Clank" for "crank";
>> "Reak cover" for "leak cover".
>> (actual quotes from factory shop manual)
>>
>> Nissan was worse. I once saw a set of floor mats with the label
>> "**** FLOOR MAT". They meant "Front Floor Mat" of course...
>>
>>