valve lash caps on stock heads?wtf

[carbed87]

when i was putting my cast iron gt-40's on, i noticed that on my stock heads i had valve lash caps on them. i asked the guy who i bought it from, and he said that the people before him might have done it because of the e cam thats in it.

does that mean that the pushrods that are in there are shorter than stock? if so, can i just use stock sized pushrods on my new heads? the new heads came with push rods, but they are too short, even a bit shorter than the push rods that came outta there.

please help guys, im in a real bind. thanks in advance

 

[carbed87]

anyone???

 

[carbed87]

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[Mac-man]

not all cases but sometimes the cam lobes are a little smaller than stock and u need longer pushrods. in this case rather than buying new pushrods he just got some lash caps and called it a day. i dont know if this is ur scenario but i have seen it before.

 

[Mac-man]

sorry not the lobes themselves, the base circles

 

[carbed87]

sweet, that makes perfect scence, do you think that i could do that for my gt-40's?

can i use the same sized valve lash caps?

 

[Mac-man]

that i am not sure about but my guess would be yes. i dont think that the valves are any larger in diameter at the stem to where u wont be able to use them on the gt-40's. i would make sure u r going to need them though before throwing them on there and not needing them.