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Old Nov 6, 2013 | 10:32 PM
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i am getting a comp cam 230/236 with lsa 112+4 .602/.592 ! Im wondering what would be the cheapest pushrods and valve springs to get but to run my car properly! ls1. i have heard of people using the wooden sticks as push rods but i dont know to much bout that or if its healthy! someone help!
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Call Comp and ask them what they recommend.
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Seriously? Wooden sticks?
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 12:28 AM
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Trolling! Wooden sticks? Lol

Never heard that one
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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Trannysgonewild12
i am getting a comp cam 230/236 with lsa 112+4 .602/.592 ! Im wondering what would be the cheapest pushrods and valve springs to get but to run my car properly! ls1. i have heard of people using the wooden sticks as push rods but i dont know to much bout that or if its healthy! someone help!
I have an old friends drum sticks that he cut down & used in his rotary engine, i can sell them real cheap to you!
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Those wooden sticks works great I run them I spin my motor to 10k rpm make sure you get the harden wooden sticks though or they might break

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Those wooden sticks works great I run them I spin my motor to 10k rpm make sure you get the harden wooden sticks though or they might break
I use tooth picks glued together for extra light weight valvetrain . I spin mine 12,500!
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Trolling! Wooden sticks? Lol

Never heard that one
thinking troll after this thread and of course there is the username...trannysgonewild12....don't think he is referring to 4l60Es and T56s..
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Toothpicks...hell yeah.

Light as it gets. The engine revs fast like a cbr 600. Whats up? Yall aint ready! LMAO
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I use tooth picks glued together for extra light weight valvetrain . I spin mine 12,500!
Lmfao I got to try that didn't think about how light it would make my valve train
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Originally Posted by Trannysgonewild12
i am getting a comp cam 230/236 with lsa 112+4 .602/.592 ! Im wondering what would be the cheapest pushrods and valve springs to get but to run my car properly! ls1. i have heard of people using the wooden sticks as push rods but i dont know to much bout that or if its healthy! someone help!
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