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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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What are my chances of having a quiet valve train with:
TSP224R cam
Caddi lifters
PRC dual springs/titianum retainers
YellaTerra rockers
Pushrod length checker tool
shooting for .080-.100 preload
LS6 oil pump
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 11:14 AM
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Good chance if the preload is right .060>.080 cold or .080/.100 hot.

I would run 7.425 pushrods
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Maybe I should try a
VHP #591
DUR @ .004" 286*/ 286*
DUR @ .050" 224*/224*
LIFT .551/.551
OVERLAP 58*

It seems that a lot of the people with valve train noise are running Comp lobes.
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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I have never heard of yella tera rockers... many people are making huge power on stock rocker arms, they seem like a really nice design. Could the valvetrain noise that people expierience be caused by the "loose" or "sloppy" stock rocker arm fulcrums? I have some 40K milie-ish stock rockers that are loose as hell.

...oh and both of my 6.0 trucks are noisy as hell, bone stock, one with 60k and one with 80k miles.
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 03:41 PM
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I own terra yellow rockers..... they have been on 4 years - no issues. ... a full roller rocker with roller tips...

...needle bearing in the GM stock rockers spill their guts often....
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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A lot of people are sending their stock rockers to Harlan Sharp and having them modified. It cost less than aftermarket and they won't spit their guts out after the mod.
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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So I take it they are not supposed to have any slop in them? Anybody know how much the harland sharp rebuild costs?
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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There was a thread about Scorpion rockers too. Like TRs, no clearance problems... but cheaper than TRs.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1612744
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