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Old Jul 1, 2019 | 06:57 PM
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hello brothers..

i m looking for some advice for finish my LS1

already have 799 ported heads with dual springs and all the stuff, a brian tooley stage 3 cam shaft (.660 lift), and high presure oil pump..

just need to know if the oem rocker arms can work with the new cam and valves.. and if the oem pushrods can work too

any recomendation for performance pushrods and rocker arms..

thanks a lot
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Old Jul 1, 2019 | 07:23 PM
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OEM rockers are fine but the trunnion upgrade is a good idea.
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Old Jul 1, 2019 | 08:32 PM
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2nd the trunnion bearing upgrade .get a pushrod length checker tool ,and measure for the correct length pushrod .TSP sells many lengths of pushrods .
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Old Jul 2, 2019 | 12:28 PM
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OEM rockers are fine but the trunnion upgrade is a good idea.
thanks a lot...
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Go with large OD pushrods and as previously mention, measure first. Summit is now selling them (made by Trend) as well as Manton. Pushrod flex can take out cam lobes. My $0.02.
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