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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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So i have finished my cam swap, LE3-springs-1.6rr. Anyways i cant stand the noise my rockers are making. I am going to put the stock rockers back on until i can get better roler rockers. I guess this is what i get for trying to take the cheap route on my rockers.

Is there a limit on my stock rockers. I am just going to leave the guide plates and harden pushods in. This is only going to be temporay but dont know how strong the stocks are.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Bad idea, not 100% on the reasoning behind it cuz i only know so much about valvetrains, but I know this isnt not something you want to do.

When I first intstalled my crane gold's they sounded like a sewing machine for about 1K-1500 miles and the noise slowly faded away, after it went i kind of missed it.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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that sounds like a bad idea for two reasons 1) roller rockers make noise I don't know how much you plan on spending on rockers but I bought Comp Ultra Pro Mags and they are noisy, more noisy than the cheap set of magnum roller tip rockers I had on before so I guess roller rockers are going to be noisy regardless. 2) I just don't like the idea of running SA rockers with guideplates especially if it can be avoided and being that your issue is a little valve train noise I would classify this as being avoidable
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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I would never put stock rockers on a performance cam,stock rockers do and will break at some point, i have seen pushrods break through the seat.

You can try composit valve covers since they do not transmit the sound as much as the steel covers. I may have missed this however,what rockers are you using?
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Originally Posted by 96lt1m6
I would never put stock rockers on a performance cam,stock rockers do and will break at some point, i have seen pushrods break through the seat.

You can try composit valve covers since they do not transmit the sound as much as the steel covers. I may have missed this however,what rockers are you using?
I bought into the hype and went out and spent 280 bucks on a set of composite valve covers just to find out that they really don't do what people said they would. They do muffle it a LITTLE bit but not worth the price tag IMO
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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What rockers are you using that are making so much noise? Perhaps your preload is too loose?

Stock rockers + LE3 cam = bad idea.
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this is on a corvette so i already have the composit valve covers. They are harland sharp rockers. I was only going to run them from the shop to the house so the car didnt have to sit there. but i guess i will just ride it out.
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If roller rockers are making too much noise that the sound can't be dealt with then you are adjusting them wrong.
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Originally Posted by armyracer11
this is on a corvette so i already have the composit valve covers. They are harland sharp rockers. I was only going to run them from the shop to the house so the car didnt have to sit there. but i guess i will just ride it out.
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If roller rockers are making too much noise that the sound can't be dealt with then you are adjusting them wrong.
This. My comp's make a faint sewing machine noise that can't even be heard with the hood closed.
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