Hi all. Recently fitted the phase 4 newman zvh cam , along with some group a 214bigger steel valves and solid tappets , and a bigger throttle body , with a bigger air bypass for my ALS. Also fitted a new one bigger one peice billet compressor wheel in turbo . After covering 112 miles had it mapped made 364bhp @31.9psi we've now raised he rev limiter up to 7200 as it still pulled strong at 7,000rpm.running spot on . After now covering 364 miles the newman tappets sound like a Jhon deer tractor !! Obviously it's time to re adjust ??? I'm guessing ?? I'm doing them tomorow . I hope yet won't need re adjusting for another 10,000 miles after this !!? Anyone else had much experience with using these everyday on the road ? Thanks in advance

 

Yup used them in my daily for i dunno, 4~ years now, probably more. First year i think i ended up adjusting them a good 6 times, probably about 4 times in the first 3 months (part learning curve, part bedding in), now its just a once a year check over/adjusting session to be safe.

 

So needing to adjust them after about 360 odd miles from new is not unusuall
Thanks mate

 

Not at all
Got to bare in mind that they only need to bed in tiny amounts to throw the valve lash/gap out. They are shedloads harder than the Kent etc toffee hydraulics but there still going to bed in slightly and cause variation. Once all is settled in it definitly is worth all the setting up time that your going through now

 

I've seen a 30bhp gain with the cam and tappets and valves and throttle body and bigger turbo , I expected more tbh but it's deff revving better than the Kent 35��I see your in Colchester that's where I am lol do you use vernier calipers to measure the tappet and adjust ? Or adjust and recheck ?ive never ran the Kent hydraulics . Always used the old genuine ford ones with no trouble to be fair . My first Kent cam lasted from 2006 to 2012 at over 300horse

 

my kent cam lasted the end of the driveway lol

 

Small world! I use feeler gauges to measure the lash

 

Job done nice and quiet now cheers mate 👍

 

How are these adjusted? I have the Newman cam kit on my zvh and it's abit tappy.

 

To be honest the hardest part I my car is taking off the rocker cover 😂due to heat shields and turbo dampers . Basically u need the special tool from newmans , I done it the long way 1 at a time I got the lobe at the top with tappet out marked my cam pulley with chalk then rotated the engine over 180 degrees ,untill the cam lobe was at it's lowest point . Then retourque the rocker nut back on to 21fbt then measure the gap . And then alter to 10tho on the exhaust side and 8thou on inlet . The locking nuts have to be done ft!! Took me about 3 hours ! First time I've done them and there tedious to be honest ! U have to keep putting them in and out and re tourquing the rocker nut to the same setting untill you have the required gap 😁👍now it doesn't sound like a tractor

 

[QUOTE=zvh;6503244]To be honest the hardest part I my car is taking off the rocker cover 😂due to heat shields and turbo dampers . Basically u need the special tool from newmans , I done it the long way 1 at a time I got the lobe at the top with tappet out marked my cam pulley with chalk then rotated the engine over 180 degrees ,untill the cam lobe was at it's lowest point . Then retourque the rocker nut back on to 21fbt then measure the gap . And then alter to 10tho on the exhaust side and 8thou on inlet . The locking nuts have to be done ft!! Took me about 3 hours ! First time I've done them and there tedious to be honest ! U have to keep putting them in and out and re tourquing the rocker nut to the same setting untill you have the required gap 😁👍now it doesn't sound like a tractor also not saying I could make them better but IMO the lock nuts are a bad design as there just dying to come loose !!!!

 

I had one like that gus that lasted 9 miles but it was down to the poor quality tappets Kent provides with the kit not the cam Itself 👍

 

The shit part is the job never becomes any quicker or more fun Glad you've sorted it

 

I just hope they don't need adjusting in another 300 miles 😰

 

One was with their kut

 

I drove mine daily and only checked the gaps a year later as part of a service so to speak, 1 thou increase was all that had opened up so no you should not have to adjust yours every few hundred miles.
https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...-few-tips.html

 

I'll leave it for you Karl.

 

Ok mate no worries!