Recommendations for Roller Tip Rockers
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Recommendations for Roller Tip Rockers
I recently put a post on the site about roller rockers vs. roller tip rockers and which ones I should get. I've decided to go with roller tip rockers. What brand/type should I go with? What do you all recommend? I have 71 with a 350 bored .020, hooker headers, edelbrock performer aluminum high rise intake, edelbrock carb, new crank, new cam, flat top pistons, and I'm going to change my heads to some Summit cast iron soon.
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Comp Cams Magnum.
BTW: The Summit heads have machined slots in the heads that act as pushrod guides, so you don't need guideplates! And the slots should be long enough to handle 1.6 rockers...you can ask the tech folks at Dart to be sure...
BTW: The Summit heads have machined slots in the heads that act as pushrod guides, so you don't need guideplates! And the slots should be long enough to handle 1.6 rockers...you can ask the tech folks at Dart to be sure...
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I've looked at the Comp Cams Magnum before and thought they would make a good set. Thanks for the help. Seems you have helped me a whole lot in making my last couple of decisions. I appreciate it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Dayton Oh
Originally Posted by page62
Comp Cams Magnum.
BTW: The Summit heads have machined slots in the heads that act as pushrod guides, so you don't need guideplates! And the slots should be long enough to handle 1.6 rockers...you can ask the tech folks at Dart to be sure...
BTW: The Summit heads have machined slots in the heads that act as pushrod guides, so you don't need guideplates! And the slots should be long enough to handle 1.6 rockers...you can ask the tech folks at Dart to be sure...
I also went with the Comp Cams Magnum. In retrospect, not sure if I really gained much but sure was cool to my buddies while I was building the engine...they actually thought that I knew what I was doing. 
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From: Coming home from Luckenbach Texas
Originally Posted by Fubba
I've looked at the Comp Cams Magnum before and thought they would make a good set. Thanks for the help. Seems you have helped me a whole lot in making my last couple of decisions. I appreciate it.
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
It's interesting that the factory in it's high tec 3800 motors with roller cams, windage tray, slipper pistons, narrow rings and full floating pins and bushed rods choose roller pivot rockers and the normal tip???
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