[Grant Eldridge]

This is just my method, everyone has their own preference. I set each valve by inserting a feeler guage first, then bottoming the lifter plunger. By tightening the adjustment as you move the feeler, you should be able to feel when you've bottomed. At that point the feeler "locks up" and becomes very difficult to move. I then try to lock the adjuster so the feeler pulls out with some resistance. With these agressive stocker cams, it can be tricky finding the base circle correctly for setting each valve. I'm slow, it takes me a few hours to carefully set them this way. I use the thinnest feeler that I judge will give enough "clearance" to prevent the valve from being held off the seat at temperature. When done this way, the plunger is slightly compressed when set. My thought is the minimum possible clearance. I'm assuming the plungers just collapse with the spring pressure we use, so it's basically like setting solids by bottoming the plunger. Disclaimer:- This works ok for me, but everyone's setup is different. I'm not recommending this, just describing what I do on my own motor. It works for me.