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1.7 Roller Rockers on an E-cam

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leroy93lx

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Is anyone or has anyone ran 1.7s on an E-Cam in their stock long block without issues? Piston to Valve Clearance mainly. Im putting together an extra engine that already has an e cam with 1.6s and i was just curious about the 1.7s. Also would that setup work with gt40 and gt40p's? THANKS
 

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as long as you run inline valve heads your wont have problems ran 17s with an e cam in my long block for years before my rebuild
 

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I got 1.7s an a E303 with 9.0:1 pistons and its fine.
 

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Thanks guys i just wanted to make sure i was thinking right. If not, i would of tried them anyway! Whats the worst that can happen! Haha
 
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