whats up with my cast gt40-s??????

carbed87

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ok, this is the last time i'll post this, i know you guys are probably getting pissed...

ok, around mid August i installed my cast iron gt40's, and ever since, they've been making a bunch of noise, my heads include as follows:

rebuilt around 10k ago with all new hardware
(possibly milled)
minor head work
and crane 1:6 roller rockers

here's what i've done so far:

when i first put them on, i just tourqued the roller rockers down to 14lbs. with stock legnth pushrods.

they ticked like a mofo and the car had NO power.
next, i put the stock stamped rockers on, and they quieted down some, but they still made noise and had no power
after that i decided to pull off the lower plenum and watch each lifter preload as i continuisaly (sp) rolled the motor and adjusted them.

when i did that, i had a stock legnth pushrod with a small valve lash cap on it, but i don't think the lifter preload on the valves were consistant, so when i put it back together, it still made noise, but i did have power.

and thats where im at right now, i checked each rocker arm after running it a bit, and a few of them have a bit of play back and forth.
as far as the pushrod, it CAN rotate back and forth but can't go up and down.

do you think i have too short of a pushrod?

i dont know what to do anymore, im getting pissed, they just sit there and make a bunch of noise...

sorry for the long post, but i need youre help...PLEASE! HELP ME!
 
are you sure it just insn't normal? when i first put my new engine in with roller rockers, i thought i had problems and ripped into it, and replaced the rockers, and the lifters, and checked everything twice. Whell, it stilll makes noise, and i found that roller rockers ARE more noisy than the stockers
 
A louder maybe sewing machine style humm might be true because of the louder nature of roller rockers, but there should not be any tapping or clanking of the rockers, you probably need longer pushrods