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Aug 28, 2011 | 11:02 PM

Tooldude

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Another Sewing Machine noise thread

I just had a Texas Speed 224/224 581 114 cam and TEA stage 1 heads installed last wwek, and wow do I have a lot of valve train noise now. We installed 7.40 hardened comp push rods. The heads were milled about .10 just to clean e'm up. Do I need to go with longer or shorter push rods?

Aug 28, 2011 | 11:38 PM

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Don't guess, always measure with pushrods. ESPECIALLY on milled heads.

Sep 2, 2011 | 09:08 PM

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How many turns of the rocker arm bolt to 22 ft./lbs after no push-rod slack ??
Based on the info given I'm thinkin' maybe 7.425 needed......

Sep 3, 2011 | 09:52 AM

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^^ Shoot for 1 1/4 turns. I've been told that 1 3/4 is acceptable but I was within those specs with 7.4's and ordered my PR checker anyway because I didn't want to do it twice. I ended up needing 7.35's and now my valve train is quieter than stock. It's a $20 tool that will save you a **** load of time and headaches.

Sep 3, 2011 | 03:39 PM

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Gotta measure bro

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