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Apr 15, 2018 | 10:59 AM

rgp

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Butterfly adjustment

is there a better way of adjusting the butterfly's than using a 4 thou feller gauge which I don't have spot on,

Apr 15, 2018 | 11:18 AM

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Nope. That is the only precise way of doing it...

Apr 15, 2018 | 01:05 PM

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I have also been told that a dial gauge may be most accurate, also Haynes has it down at 4 th. but jag lovers states 2 for the h.e which one is correct?

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Apr 15, 2018 | 03:56 PM

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I have also been told that a dial gauge may be most accurate, also Haynes has it down at 4 th. but jag lovers states 2 for the h.e which one is correct?

For the 5.3 V12 I went with .002 as any more raises the idle speed

Apr 15, 2018 | 06:41 PM

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I always go with .002"

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Apr 16, 2018 | 06:11 PM

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is there a better way of adjusting the butterfly's than using a 4 thou feller gauge which I don't have spot on,

Well, I've been looking for wire gauges. They would be a bit more accurate than a strip gauge as they would read only at the point they are inserted. No luck yet. Should be .002" for H.E.s.