ok here's what i did...pushrods...

[OhioMike]

when i measured my pushrod length...i put the checkers in the lifters and left tem collapsed...not all the way but enought to torques down my rockers...at BDC...then i ran them up to where they barely ouched the arm and took out all the clearance...

ran it through and watched the sweep across the valve stem...and adjusted till it was even all the way across and as far away from the edges as possible...

now i will take them to work and measure them...and do it again to see if i coem up with the same numbers...

they seem to be a little shorter thean the stock ones...is that normal when you install a slightly largeer cam...or did i screw it up?

 

[Junkpile]

RE: Re: thanks

I had to have non-factory length pushrods in my 304. 360 heads- shaved alot, shim style headgaskets, screw-in studs and guideplates, roller rockers, lightweight hardware, big cam.....

What have you done to the engine that makes you think you need different pushrods now? Any excessive/custom machining? It's a factory style valvetrain right? Call your cam manufacturers tech line and they will tell you what you need in order to run their cam in your engine.

 

[OhioMike]

no it's not a factory cam...but other than that...it is mostly stock...

the push rods i had were in bad shape anyhow so i might aswell get the correct length...and it will be a learning experience for the engine i'm doin for my car...which is excessively modified...

 

[83mudjeep]

RE: Re: RE: National Anthem

as long as your head hasn't been machined and your block wasn't machined stock length should work.

 

[Snitty]

some cam grinds do require different rods