Tim, that obviously was the case. Thanks. I already got the new studs
in place and everything looks OK now. This roller rocker thing is new
to me since I have not built a SBF motor for almost 20 years and at that
time the roller stuff was pretty leading edge for a young punk street
guy like me.
Several other folks pointed out the need for a longer stud too. I
actually came to this conclusion on my own after I sent the original
EMAIL and had a chance to calm down a bit. One thing that threw me was
that if you look at comp cams web page they do not have a longer stud
for the 3/8" application and I figured there must be a problem since
they made the rockers why would their studs not work. Later I looked at
ARP and found that they did have a 1.9" stud for 3/8". In the end I
felt uncomfortable with that so I switched to 7/16" studs and rockers,
the length and material selection is much better for the 7/16" size, at
least from ARP. I now have 2" studs and I get ~.5" of grip in the lock.
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronak, TP (Timothy) [mailto:Timothy.Ronak@AkzoNobel.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: itswonderful@attbi.com
> Cc: Tiger News Group List (E-mail)
> Subject: You need .125 longer studs
>
>
> Frank,
> You need longer rocker studs to fix your geometry issue. This
> is why with the longer pushrods you now run out of stud
> length. My Twisted Wedge heads had the bosses for the bolts
> milled too low and required a hardened washer and a
> guideplate to raise the .125 long studs high enough.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Tim Ronak
> Business Development Manager
> Akzo Nobel Coatings
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