Heads and Push Rod Lengths
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Heads and Push Rod Lengths Would a set of 2000 5.3L heads( milled 0.040" ) and a set of 2000 5.7L heads( milled 0.040" ) use the same length push rod? TIA.
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Re: Heads and Push Rod Lengths I use 7.350 pushrods with my .040 milled 5.3L heads and thats about the same pushrod everyone else runs so I say yes <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: Heads and Push Rod Lengths </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fireball:
<strong>I use 7.350 pushrods with my .040 milled 5.3L heads and thats about the same pushrod everyone else runs so I say yes <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I currently have a set of 0.040" milled 5.3L heads. I am thinking about CNC porting a set of LS1 heads I have and having them milled 0.040" also. I am doing this becuase of the pistons I would like to use would put the compression level over 14:1 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
<small>[ August 02, 2002, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: ls1290 ]</small>
<strong>I use 7.350 pushrods with my .040 milled 5.3L heads and thats about the same pushrod everyone else runs so I say yes <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I currently have a set of 0.040" milled 5.3L heads. I am thinking about CNC porting a set of LS1 heads I have and having them milled 0.040" also. I am doing this becuase of the pistons I would like to use would put the compression level over 14:1 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
<small>[ August 02, 2002, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: ls1290 ]</small>
Re: Heads and Push Rod Lengths </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ls1290:
<strong>Would a set of 2000 5.3L heads( milled 0.040" ) and a set of 2000 5.7L heads( milled 0.040" ) use the same length push rod? TIA.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes they would the same length. I would run the 7.350s.
<strong>Would a set of 2000 5.3L heads( milled 0.040" ) and a set of 2000 5.7L heads( milled 0.040" ) use the same length push rod? TIA.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes they would the same length. I would run the 7.350s.
