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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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i have a 228/230 585/585 112 cam. wat size push rod. wanna do this right the first time.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 09:47 PM
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Stock length is fine which is 7.4
If you mill the heads or get a different thickness head gasket thats when its best to get a pushrod length checker that way you can be dead on.

The cam does not make a difference to the actually pushrod length.

If you want you could also get 7.425 pushrods, which is what I did. Because they are just a hair longer it helps to quiet the valvetrain down a little. If you do a search im sure you will yield some good results with the 7.425 pushrods.

Looks like a good cam you got there
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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I also would get the 7.425 pushrods. Just for your info the cam does make a difference in pushrod length. Higher lift cams have a smaller base circle in order to get the lift and duration. My 228 base circle was .040 smalle than the stocker. I really needed a 7.440 to get me back to the stock preload but they don't have that size so I setteled for the 425
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