DONT BUY CHEAP ROLLER ROCKERS!...Here's Why..(pics)

Black1987Stang

Active Member

Aug 22, 2004

1,422

0

37

Jersey Shore

Apr 30, 2007

#21

• Apr 30, 2007

• #21

Just got back from Joe Heck Racing and picked up these from Joe Amato for $289 .... http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=632
They didn't have 1.7's in stock so I got the 1.6's....MUCCCHHH better quality than the ones I'm taking off
Will be using this order to set the valve lash to 1/2 turn preload

Rotate the engine in its normal direction of rotation (clockwise) and watch the exhaust valve on that particular cylinder. When the exhaust valve begins to open, stop and adjust that cylinder's intake rocker arm.

Continue to turn the engine, watching that same intake valve/rocker you just set. It will go to full open and then begin to close. When it is almost closed, stop and adjust the exhaust rocker arm on that particular cylinder.

 

tmoss

Gettin Wired

Founding Member

Jun 28, 2001

7,153

32

128

Saint Louis, MO

Apr 30, 2007

#22

• Apr 30, 2007

• #22

Scorpion rockers are blue too, so don't just go by color. Scorpions are a quality piece. They laser etch then with the scorpion now but I had a set before that was not etched with one. They did have a "1.6" eteched into them though.

 

TomCat

New Member

Apr 19, 2005

412

0

0

Utah

Apr 30, 2007

#23

• Apr 30, 2007

• #23

Dammit, I knew I shouldn't have gone with proforms stupid tempting low price...

 

jammer84_03

New Member

Nov 30, 2003

468

1

0

Apr 30, 2007

#24

• Apr 30, 2007

• #24

had proforms. bigest pieces of junk i ever used. broke more studs than u can shake a stick at. went with crane's and now its great.

 

TomCat

New Member

Apr 19, 2005

412

0

0

Utah

Apr 30, 2007

#25

• Apr 30, 2007

• #25

FS: Barely used Proform 1.7RRs... make offers.














:SNSign: Not seriously

 

Flavadave4

Active Member

Nov 28, 2003

1,044

21

49

Utica, NY

Apr 30, 2007

#26

• Apr 30, 2007

• #26

Just checked my to be safe......FMS SVO 1.6, blue. I should be OK

 

7-UP BILL

Founding Member

Jan 4, 2001

885

19

49

My other car is a Firetruck

May 1, 2007

#27

• May 1, 2007

• #27

Now how do you feel after the thrill of the low price is gone!

 

Black1987Stang

Active Member

Aug 22, 2004

1,422

0

37

Jersey Shore

May 1, 2007

#28

• May 1, 2007

• #28

So I just ordered the Ford Racing 1.6's But they were for 3/8 studs....I had 7/16 studs...So I had to get 3/8 studs to make em work.....I kinda don't feel completely safe since they're skinnier now but I didn't have the time to get the new rockers since I need my car for work and d/d stuff, so I just swapped to the smaller studs.

Anybody else running 3/8 studs and rockers?

 

1fastsn95

New Member

Apr 22, 2005

122

0

0

Carthage, tn

May 1, 2007

#29

• May 1, 2007

• #29

Are the blue "summit" RRs any count??

 

1fastsn95

New Member

Apr 22, 2005

122

0

0

Carthage, tn

May 2, 2007

#30

• May 2, 2007

• #30

What about the Summit blue ones??

 

B

Boss 351

Here sthhhhhhhheeeve take a picthh of my man flowe

Jul 13, 2003

2,433

23

48

Canada

May 3, 2007

#31

• May 3, 2007

• #31

Black1987Stang said:

So I just ordered the Ford Racing 1.6's But they were for 3/8 studs....I had 7/16 studs...So I had to get 3/8 studs to make em work.....I kinda don't feel completely safe since they're skinnier now but I didn't have the time to get the new rockers since I need my car for work and d/d stuff, so I just swapped to the smaller studs.

Anybody else running 3/8 studs and rockers?

Click to expand...

I got the smaller studs, engine not in car yet... you shouldn't have any problems with .498 of lift, spring pressures can't be that high.

 

85_SS_302_Coupe

it sucks (I know) to be on the receiving end

15 Year Member

Nov 11, 2003

6,945

1,598

223

Northern KY

May 3, 2007

#32

• May 3, 2007

• #32

86bluecobra said:

COMP PRO MAGNUMS FTW!! Don't forget to change your oil. Hopefully no little bits of metal are in it.

Click to expand...

Amen to that. For some reason i just don't trust aluminum that much for a rocker...they take so much abuse.

 

1991vert

10 Year Member

Feb 27, 2004

1,103

7

69

Ludlow, MA

May 3, 2007

#33

• May 3, 2007

• #33

x2 for scorpion. mine looked polished & shiney when i got them, not blue

 

E

El_CUCUY

Member

May 1, 2006

95

0

6

RGV

May 3, 2007

#34

• May 3, 2007

• #34

Lunati Blue (1.6) here

that sux man replace all of them with a good set ...

 

J

Jack's95gt

Member

Aug 15, 2004

443

1

18

Huntingdon Valley, PA

May 5, 2007

#35

• May 5, 2007

• #35

I need a set of 3/8" 1.7 ratio rockers now. I was looking at these on ebay from Brother's performance. They are stainless steel which shouldn't break like aluminum. Had anyone had any experience or knowledge of these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8065634062

 

85_SS_302_Coupe

it sucks (I know) to be on the receiving end

15 Year Member

Nov 11, 2003

6,945

1,598

223

Northern KY

May 5, 2007

#36

• May 5, 2007

• #36

Those look like Comp Pro Magnum ripoffs...there's a reason the Comp rockers are $300 a set...

I've got these going on my heads real soon. Lucky for me i picked them up used but still in nearly new condition for a mere $160. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=CCA-1330-16&autoview=sku

 

S

superhuaman

New Member

Nov 8, 2004

907

0

0

Harrisburg, PA

May 5, 2007

#37

• May 5, 2007

• #37

yeah that sucks man

i have crane/ford 1.7 cobras on my gt40 frpp heads...heads were new and rockers were used but came with the heads from ebay

btw i use a proform billet aluminum tfi distributor and it was about half the cost of msd...dont roast me but it seems to be holding up alright

 

vristang

15 Year Member

Mar 31, 2005

4,933

101

124

Seattle

May 5, 2007

#38

• May 5, 2007

• #38

Black1987Stang said:

Click to expand...

I'm not sure if your camera is up to it, but I would love to see some close-ups of the fracture surface.

I doubt anything revolutionary can be learned from it, but I am curious...
(I look at fatigue fracture surfaces at work every day)

jason

 

85_SS_302_Coupe

it sucks (I know) to be on the receiving end

15 Year Member

Nov 11, 2003

6,945

1,598

223

Northern KY

May 5, 2007

#39

• May 5, 2007

• #39

Proform make some really badass carburetor main bodies...that's about all i know about'em.

 

Black1987Stang

Active Member

Aug 22, 2004

1,422

0

37

Jersey Shore

May 5, 2007

#40

• May 5, 2007

• #40

vristang said:

I'm not sure if your camera is up to it, but I would love to see some close-ups of the fracture surface.

I doubt anything revolutionary can be learned from it, but I am curious...
(I look at fatigue fracture surfaces at work every day)

jason

Click to expand...

Yeah no prob it might be a day or two till I get some up but I'll deff get some.....You can see how if you put it together the top and bottom of the fracture aren't completely touching anymore (just the middle obviously).....Once it started to open the valve and started to bend it finally snapped.

And I do plan an oil change very soon. Hoping it will help my one lifter that tapping....sometimes its loud sometimes its completely gone like on my way to work yesterday but on the way home it was there again
I noticed when I was setting the valve lash only ONE had pumped down all the way (very front one on driver side) and it's the same side my lifter tap is on so im figuring it's that one since all the rest were like rock solid when turning the rocker nut with my hand. And I replaced all the lifters less than a year ago.