theory on pushrods
theory on pushrods A friend of mine has an interesting theory on hardened pushrods. He feels that in the event an over rev he would rather have his stock pushrods bend rather than have a hardened pushrod cause a valve to kiss a piston. It makes sense, but then I think about how everyone upgrades their pushrods, so there is obviously something that I am missing.
Thoughts?
Inputs?
Brian
Thoughts?
Inputs?
Brian
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they will all cause a valve to hit the piston weather it is hardened or not. Once you add good springs to the mix if you have a valve hit the piston it is not going to be as easy as just change the pushrod. The valve will be bent anyways.
Originally Posted by H82BBad
they will all cause a valve to hit the piston weather it is hardened or not. Once you add good springs to the mix if you have a valve hit the piston it is not going to be as easy as just change the pushrod. The valve will be bent anyways.
This is true but the stock PR will bend easier and faster than a hardened one
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This is true but the stock PR will bend easier and faster than a hardened one
Yeah, that's what I thought too. The stock softies would deflect under am springs and especially with accelerated lifts on am cams. I got the hardened but I did not get the chromoly.
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A situation pretty much like this had been brought up before. Tell you friend to keep his stock PR's after a good bit of power is added and he is revving higher. 
Something will eventually break. 
I see where he is coming from though...
Something will eventually break. I see where he is coming from though...
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Which ones are lighter? Ive been running the stock push rods. No problems so far but thats with the stock 6200rpm rev limiter. Im also curious whether the stock pushrods deflect and absorb some of the lift of the cam. Any deflection from the pushrods is multipled by the ratio of the rockers. It may be significant enough to cost some hp.
Funny I came across this. I actually spoke with Kip @ Futral about this subject. He said that if your going to upgrade the cam and springs, the you should also upgrade the PR's. He said that even the upgraded springs alone could bend the pushrods becasue of the rate on them. If you bend a PR, be almost cetain that that isnt your only problem. If that happend you surely did damage elsewhere. The stock ones are crap for anything other than just stock and even at that, they still suggest upgrading them. Im going to just for peace of mind if nothing else 
