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Old 06-25-2007, 04:26 PM
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Acouple of months ago I went to the track, and on the last run I bent a push rod. I drove home very carefully, took the vavle cover off and found the problem. A rocker arm throw its bearings and bent that push rod. So I replaced them both and put everything back together. The car started up and everything sounded good. The car drove great. Well I went to the track again this weekend and bent the same push rod. The rocker arm was good this time. Does it sound like I have a bad lifter?
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Stop over revving or maybe upgrade valve springs? You're probably getting valve float.
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+1 on that.. Change all of the PR, springs with some HD ones and check all of the rockers...




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