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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Default stock lt4 rocker adjustable?

i can barely turn on this computer so please bear with me. i just purchased my first vette, a 96 lt4. you can see my teeth before you see my headlights! wow. short and simple-if i install a performance cam with matching springs, what about these crane rockers? do they have polylocks and set screws
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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You can get poly locks and set screws fot it but the stock ones are adjusted with the regular GM crimped nut.
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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dominr8
i can barely turn on this computer so please bear with me. i just purchased my first vette, a 96 lt4. you can see my teeth before you see my headlights! wow. short and simple-if i install a performance cam with matching springs, what about these crane rockers? do they have polylocks and set screws
If you're getting a performance cam and springs, then I would finish it off with some hardened pushrods and guideplates, then get some ARP 7/16 rocker studs and some new 1.6 rockers.
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The STOCK LT4 rocker arms are NOT adjustable. Replace the rocker arm studs and then you can adjust 'em.

EDIT: I should elaborate. The stock LT4 rocker studs are shouldered so the stock rockers can be torqued to a certain spec. Plus, the stock studs are 10mm which is a bit more than 3/8 inch. Aftermarket rockers may not fit. Make sure you get matching studs with your new rocker arms.

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Old Apr 21, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Parker '96
The STOCK LT4 rocker arms are NOT adjustable. Replace the rocker arm studs and then you can adjust 'em.
The factory LT4s use a 10mm tapered stud for the rocker arms. The retaining nut for these rocker arms is torqued to spec. They are not adjustable.
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