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Old 02-29-2012, 03:54 PM
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Just put the tsp tsunami cam in my car. It has 7.400 length hardened pushrods in it now and I'm getting 1 3/4 turns on the exhaust rocker bolt and 1- 1 1/8 turns on the intake rocker bolt before it bottoms out. I'm doing the eoic method and starting to count the turns at zero lash. So the question is........ Should I put a longer pushrod on the intake valves or run it the way it is?
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I used two different lengths for my build. I think it's about .040" per full turn, so a .025" longer pushrod should take up the 5/8" turn difference.
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Mine are diff length

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well i put it together anyways just to see... crunk it up and its got some pretty loud lifter noise so i guess i'll order some pushrods. too bad i cant just order 8 lol
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I'm sure you can. My buddy dropped one on the ground during install and to be safe, ordered a new one from comp.
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Originally Posted by todds69
well i put it together anyways just to see... crunk it up and its got some pretty loud lifter noise so i guess i'll order some pushrods. too bad i cant just order 8 lol
Sure you can. Call up Trend or Manton, those are the two major pushrod makers.
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Manton and smith brothers stuff is nicer than trend. Manton has built and shipped mine same day on two orders.
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Originally Posted by Gray86hatch
Manton and smith brothers stuff is nicer than trend. Manton has built and shipped mine same day on two orders.
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Smith brothers skipped my mind. Also really nice stuff. I'll agree with you on the Manton stuff. Ordered on Monday, had it by Thursday. Really good considering it was custom.



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