94lt1white_bird

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so i have my motor fully assembled 355cu cc503 ls7 lifters and trickflow pushrods on an engine stand and a day before im about to set this motor back into the car i was gonna put my 1.6 comp cams full roller rockers on i noticed that my rocker arm studs seem to be to short or am i doing this wrong??

i put the rocker on correctly and i have the seat or the rocker facing up where the poly lock goes and i can only get the poly lock threaded on 5 turns before it botoms out and yes the little allen key isn't stopping it from bottoming out do i need aftermarket studs or what???? oh and they are stock studs by the way

ugh someone help

litch2004

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yes. you do not want to run factory studs. They will break with the extra lift of the 1.6. so you are running the 3/8's id rr? If so at least get a set of ARP 3/8's. not to expensive.

94lt1white_bird

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yeah they are SA 3/8

so i will go with the arp ones

are they longer?

litch2004

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they might be im not sure. I have arp 7/16's on mine and they are without issue.

Badazz 97 TA

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no they wont. what are you talking about!!!??

leadfoot4

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ARP makes two different lengths of studs for SBCs. One is listed as "stock height", and one is a little longer, supposedly for roller rocker usage. The ARP poly lock nuts are also really trick, however they (the nuts) won't work with OE valve covers. (too tall)

C5042081

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if anything a 3/8 stud will flex, when comparing it to a 7/16 stud/rr setup which is less likely to flex, i believe a rr stud is longer so it can be used with guideplates

litch2004

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Sorry i meant flex. And also that they are a little longer for use with the guid plates. But with using a sa the need of guide plates is not there