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  • Start date Start date Feb 11, 2009

Hef5.0weisen

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Picked up some Edelbrock Performers and 1.7 Scorpion rockers. Stock cam is staying in for now.

Anyone know if I'll have to get different length pushrods...I understand the best method is to check but I don't have the tools readily avaiable to do that.
Never swapped heads before, aluminums need hardened pushrods, (I think I read tht somewhere)

Let me know, and thanks for any info
 

revhead347

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Stock pushrods should work fine.

Kurt
 

Hef5.0weisen

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Guess I'm gonna try the stockers when I put this all together, make sure it all lines up properly, then order the hardened pushrods, or get the tool and start from scratch.
 

final5-0

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Hef5.0weisen said:
Never swapped heads before, aluminums need hardened pushrods, (I think I read tht somewhere)

Let me know, and thanks for any info
Click to expand...

What it is that really dictates the need for hardened pr's is .........

If you use guide plates

Non hardened pr's will not take the scraping against the gp's and you will
end up with a bunch of metal shavings getting in the motor

Grady
 

revhead347

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Final is right. If you are running pedastal mount rockers, you don't necessarily need hardened pushrods, unless you are spinning a lot of rpm.

Kurt
 

Hef5.0weisen

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Thanks fellas...I broke my own rule and didn't use the almighty SEARCH function before I wrote that ....tons of good info using SEARCH
 
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