Grumpy AuContraire wrote:
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> jim beam wrote:
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>> Tegger wrote:
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>>> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in news:dbKdndIaoY-
>>> p9EvYnZ2dnUVZ_t_inZ2d@speakeasy.net:
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>>>> Tegger wrote:
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>>>>> 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?
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>>> What? I put an "inches" symbol in there, so...
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>> 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.
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> But, but, but... .005-.007 would be decimal..

but but but, decimal is not metric...

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> JT
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>>> 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...
>>>
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