Broken Rocker studs

mikenstang

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Hey all It's been a while since I've been on this forum I have been over at the Tweecer Site for a while. Anyway, I have broken my 3rd rocker stud on my TF trackheat heads. It happens on both exh and intake valves and is very random.

The first one was over a year ago and I was on the throttle (5-6K RPM) when it broke so I chalked it up to that. The second one was about 2 months ago while I was tuning it with Tweecer and it was running like Shibitz!! (pinging, rich etc...), I was running it normal driving when it broke. So I chalked it up maybe the eng caughed or backfired and slapped the valve???

This time the car is running great (like OEM) for a while now, I was just driving very light and another one broke??? I have 7/16th studs, TF 1.7:1 RR with a TF stage 1 cam and TF pushrods # 6.750 080 with stock pistons.

Any Ideas??? Can pinging cause this to happen?? I do have some ping which I am trying to tune out with the Tweecer. Maybe I am adjusting them wrong?? I use the method on the Crane cams website??
 
They are stock springs that came with the TF heads. This is from the TF web site
.460" o.d. double spring with damper
125 lbs. @ 1.780" installed height
376 lbs. @ 1.180" open
420 lbs. per inch rate
.600" maximum valve lift
 
thats a pretty weak spring for a hydraulic roller cam and the ramp rates they have. They may be having some problems controlling the open and close actions . Have you ever checked the valve train geometry also